But even if we could establish some sort of a link between the former President and Texana, I don't see how it's war profiteering. Oil companies partner up all the time, especially in exploration concessions like these in Nepal. Where's the conflict of interest?
I have not said that there is a conflict of interest, and I have not said that anyone is engaging in war profiteering. However, you can't really say, with a straight face, that this situation doesn't present a rather enormous potential for conflict of interest, and a rather enormous potential for the appearance of impropriety. When the stakes are as big as they are in this matter, people like Jim Baker need to bend over backwards to avoid these sorts of potentials and appearances.