Blackwater

Dude.. Blackwater is a security contract company.

Quit buying into BS media hype..

 

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Of course, to some, “open government†even refers to posting the names, address, and phone numbers of security personnel so civil rights attorneys can sue if their client suffers so much as a push out of the way, or a humiliating “you are not allowed, stay back, this is a secured area.â€

If they stop buying into BS media hype, then what do you expect them to believe in? After all, there ARE black helicopters.

 

Ah, who needs accountabiity in a democracy?

http://www.blackwaterbook.com/?gclid=CNaZn...CFRE9VAodlQYdkA

Sounds like a fascinating read.

Without accountability, a democracy is in NO way better than other forms of government.

 

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blackwater_USA

Anyone who defends this, knowing what it is, is hiding behind a patriotic mask.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Exception-Rulers-Exp...s/dp/1401301312

 

Just one more step in the privitazation of everything.

 

Maybe if you weren't all indoctrinating our children with such a weak liberal mindset more of them would enlist so we wouldn't end up relying on a corporation to fight our wars.

 

Blackwater was, in large measure, responsible for the rapid deterioration of the US occupation of Iraq. It was four Blackwater employees who were easily captured, then killed, and their bodies burned and dragged through the streets of Falluja in April, 2004. All of this was televised on national television.

Because of the publicity and outrage, the US military (specifically, the Marines) significantly altered their plan and quickly went into Falluja for some 'payback'. Thereafter, the situation in Iraq rapidly declined as the number of attacks on US troops increased.

Maybe if it weren't for all this privatization of security personnel and use of mercenaries, the Iraq situation might not be quite as bad as it is today. But then, if the Bush administration had used proper military troops for the duties that Blackwater performs, it wouldn't be quite as easy to hide the true cost of the occupation.

 

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Maybe if there would be less people as indoctrinated as yourself the war would have ended a long time ago, maybe it would have never started. Indocrination is not a liberal phenomenon.

Whose war it is and for whose benefits that's another subject.

You are right, indoctrination is a very poweful tool to lead masses astray and divert them from the crux of the real problems but just to remind you in the democratic system people are free to choose to which form of indocrination to succumb to. So don't drag me into YOUR war, unless you want to abolish democracy and establish dictatorship, in such case I wouldn't quarrel with you as I would be forced to serve the masters.

 

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Wow, you people have a very selective memory when it's convenient . . .

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."</span>

Sound familiar? :huh:

Oh yeah, it's just the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The one many of you think of as a mistake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Amendm...es_Constitution

Now try to tell me that Blackwater isn't a “well regulated Militia.†:lol:

<span style="color:#009900">“SHALL-NOT-BE-INFRINGEDâ€!!!!!! . . . except, maybe, by bleeding heart liberals.

 

There is nothing regulated about Blackwater. They are not a militia in the origingal sense of the amendment, they are mercenaries who live off of "blood money" and lots of it.

I support our troops, not a gangster mercenary group with unlimited budgets hidden from the american people.

 

I've long had issues with people interpreting the Bible to suit their own needs. It seems to be a common past time today.

Now it seems that we've got people doing the same thing with the Constitution. To do so, there needs to be a little more study--ELSE people become fundies on it.

Sure the second amendment does say that a well-regulated militia is our right...but it uses the words "well-regulated." The issue that the OP and the book apparently discusses is how these mercenary groups are not well-regulated.

Mercenary groups have been used back for centuries. I don't think there's a problem with them being used--just the manner in which they are. No oversight from our military? Not acceptable.

 

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Dude, liberals don't care what the Constitution says.. if it doesn't "feel right" then they don't care. People like livelychick don't give a damn about the Constitution.. they just want to "feel safe" and have the big bad Police Officers do all the protecting. They don't understand that whole "SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED" part.

People like livelychick think that they should get to determine what constitutes "well regulated".. laughable, since she's probably never carried a firearm in her life.