Do No Evil – A number of Iraqis I know could fill this blog with harrowing tales of their encounters with Blackwater and other security contractors. These are only my recollections:
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2007-10-10 19:54:33
The most important thing about them is that they are the ugly face of America which is being burned for a lifetime into the hearts and minds of the many people whom they encounter at the end of a gun barrel. Clearly from this story there were Iraqis who WERE ready to welcome those who brought them freedom from Saddam. But to follow up with the atrocities that were committed both by the US forces and especially by these marauding bozos is a sure guarantee that the hearts and minds have been lost for decades.
Next the planned oil coup will equate American "democracy" with plain old piracy.
The truth is Blackwater's employees are not above the law and never were. They are almost always subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and to Iraqi law. Congress could add clarity on how to enforce the rules of private contractors. Heck, Congress could address why our military is too small. Henry Waxman should address these issues instead of bashing Blackwater.
The mercenaries are a big problem for our troops too. Their job now is to win the hearts and minds of ordinary Iraqis. And every time some private contractor smokes an unarmed Iraqi woman or child, that job gets way harder.
The problem is we don't have sufficient forces to transition to an all military force. That's because, as Rummy so eloquently explained, "You start wars with the army you've got, not the one you would actually need to secure the peace." Well, maybe not quite those words, but something like that.
It is all well and good for something to be done about them NOW, as this horrid "war" is winding down.
These guys have raped
pillaged
and plundered Iraq. This money will turn up in the GOP one way or another.
They will funnel it into shell corporations and then use it to fund the GOP.
This war was nothing more than a big banquet for the Conservative war chest to win/steal elections in the USA.
God save us all.....
what do you expect when you hire a bunch of commandos who used to be part of pinochet's death squads?
Now thats funny.
Blackwater isn't hiding that fact.
When Gary Jackson of Blackwater was describing who they hire, he said there were foreign mercenaries under contract from several countries, "many of who had trained under the military government of Augusto Pinochet."
"We scour the ends of the earth to find professionals - the Chilean commandos are very, very professional and they fit within the Blackwater system," said Jackson.
so, straight from the horse's mouth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0...
http://www.alternet.org/story/18193/
still think its funny?
Yes still do. The article make a reference to Pinochet but then goes on to state the ages, 27 & 30 , which means they would have been 10 and 13 your old commando's during Pinochet. Yes I'm still laughing. Beside they said commando's. Commando aren't "death squad's". Nice try but but no cigar. So if they get commando's from Germany then that makes them the Nazi SS?
"Last month Blackwater USA flew a first group of about 60 former commandos, many of who had trained under the military government of Augusto Pinochet, from Santiago to a 2,400-acre (970-hectare) training camp in North Carolina."
so obviously your reading comprehension skills are lacking.
now for math.
pinochet's reign ended in 1990. this article was written in 2004. so at the time this piece was written a merc had to be only 32 years old to have trained under pinochet, since that merc was 18 years old in 1990.
you mean to tell me you think none of the 60 mercs hired from chile were over 32 years old in 2004? if so, that's quite a huge pile of denial you're sitting in.
and its even quite possible the 30 year old in the aritcle also trained under pinochet since he was 16 in 1990, not 13 as your fuzzy math suggested. and many south american armies take boys under 18.
so, you're no good at math and your reading comprehension sucks.
but at least your denial is rock solid.
I was in private, armed security in the early 90's. I hate to agree with all you Commies but, if true, the lack of professionalism of the Blackwater crew is unprecedented. It's like they hired some mall rent-a-cops and gave them guns.
I'm hoping it's just media spin. If they really were former Marines and SEALs, whatever they learned in the Corps or the Navy has been forgotten... except for the shooting part.
Iraqis got freedom, thanks to Bush. Their homes bombed, their markets destroyed, their schools uprooted, no water, no electricity.
If they stay home, they are killed by US air strikes. If they venture out to get milk or groceries, they are gunned down by Blackwater mercenaries. If they go to pray, they are killed by the other sect. If nothing is happening, Al Qaeda tortures them.
What price freedom? I hope some sympathetic American can answer them. Is that guy out here somewhere?
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I know there probably are thousands of more unreported incidents that went on in Iraq. What kind of people are these? Absolutely no regard for human life.
What kind of people are these? >>>>
Sociopaths. We used to lock them up for the protection of society. Now they're 'cool.'
jovial: Guns for hire with little or no regard for human lives except those who pay them and their own. Mercs. Ones who don't care about shooting people as long as they get paid. Deadly, very deadly people. Self indulged sociopaths whose only fear is laws against their kind. Not the kind of people you would want to party with. Unless you were in the group.
"(He told me he was in Iraq for the six-figure paycheck and the chance to be assigned to guard Victoria's Secret models at the lingerie company's annual fashion show.)"
now that is disgusting!!!
oh but according to all the cons...these guys are SOOOO
f ing patriotic!!!
LIES>>>>>>>
Whats disgusting about that?
Humor, is not your forte.
Who's being funny? Get paid lots of money to guard the most beautiful women in the world. Whats not to like?
THinking isnt his forte either.
Dumbkirk who doesn't have any forte pipping in with his usual childish lack of intelligence.
ROFLMAO, well well crghss responding to prove my post accurate. Gotta luv it.
You people lower my expectations in adults every time I visit this place.
is your forte.
Whats disgusting about?