How do people here feel about BlackWater

[NoCalMike 0]

http://www.blackwaterbook.com/

 

Basically I find it vomit-inducing that private contractors are basically being given no-bid contracts to do the job that our National Guard should be doing, such as Katrina relief, Border patrol etc.....also, since they aren't under military jurisdiction they basically have more free will to shoot and kill. There are a lot of high priced Republican lawyers that are lobbying/funding/and taking up legal defense for this organization. They are trying to build a big training facility in San Diego, but thankfully Californians are trying to put a stop to this tripe.

 

By the way, the four contractors killed in Falluja were Black Water Ops/mercenaries. The ones burned and strung up. When this was reported by the media, they never seemed it important to mention is, as I would imagine most people's idea of an "american contractor" is a guy building a house or setting up infrastructure. Falluja was carpet bombed as revenge and is listed as one of the major reasons for the insurgent uprising.

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3zPt0ysxgg...ted&search=

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

Most of the Blackwater guys I've met are total knuckledraggers. I'm going to borrow the book from one of my co-workers when she's done reading it, I suppose.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

I don't have a problem with the idea of mercenaries, per say, but the idea that the supposed most powerful nation on earth is relying on them so much is pretty disgusting.

[Art Sandusky 0]

I worry about defense being left up to hired armies from for-profit organizations. Loads of prisons are already privately run as it is. Big government is good in some areas, y'know.

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