Depends on what the end game is.
Hundred of billions in graft for the Uniparty out of Vietnam defense contracts and “foreign aid” was a win in their books
https://www.texasobserver.org/731-the-candidate-from-brown-and-root/
(Lyndon) Johnson then steered all kinds of federal projects to Brown & Root — including airports, pipelines and military bases. During the Vietnam War, the company built roads, landing strips, harbors and military bases from the Demilitarized Zone to the Mekong Delta. But the company’s relationship with the government would continue long after LBJ was laid to rest along the banks of the Pedernales.