A screed. From Lileks.

Perhaps the “ally” is that big blue wobbly mass known as the UN, that paragon of moral clarity, that conscience of the globe. You want to really anger a UN official? Tow his car. Short of that you can get away with anything. (Sudan is on the human rights commission, to cite a prominent and amusing detail. It’s like putting Tony Soprano on the New Jersey Waste Management Regulation Board.) I don’t worry that the UN is angry with us. I’d be worried if they weren’t. And I find it interesting that someone who would complain about outsourcing peevishly notes that we hired <psycho screeching strings> HALLIBURTON </strings> to do the work instead of throwing buckets of billions to French and German contractors who sold them the jets and built the bunkers.

Every time I hear 'Haliburton' thrown like a brick in a debate, it's worth pointing out what the field they're in looks like.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/co?s=HAL

'Pvt1' is Bechtel, which is substantially owned by... Haliburton.
Schlumberger is the only serious competition then - A wide-reaching company with substantial ties to France. As well as Democratic public figures, e.g. Jamie Gorelick.

I'm not saying it is bad to have ties to Schlumberger, just that it is disingenuous to slam someone for using 'their' company due to tight ties - when the only possible replacement would materially benefit from the howls you're uttering.