So now you are a Puling, Pharisaical, Toady, and a self appointed emigration expert on the qualities it takes to remain a citizen of the "Land of the Free"

McCarthyism is still alive

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None. Mod edit to remove profanity. Fools to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am stuck up the middle of you!
Religion is a load of bollocks,

Im a Tart, What! you want some of this


Im glad I am a bottom feeder, not an arse licker!

We are Doooooooooomed

correct

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How does Blackwater act? What are you basing your asumptions on?

"Us"? Do you meen the USA? You are correct, Blackwater does not represent the USA, nor did Blackwater say they did or give any notion they did. And, they are the worst of us? You realize Blackwater soldiers are some of the best soldiers in the world, right? 90% of them being ex special ops.

In the eyes of those under siege in Iraq, they see Blackwater mercenaries bully people and open fire on civilians and they believe that it is the USA doing it. They do not differentiate between American soldiers and American mercenaries.

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Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum
(To such heights of evil are men driven by religion)

The soldiers themselves knew and understood the military code of conduct that they were operating under. Blaming a private organization for knowingly violating the rules of the commitment you've made is simply absurd. You don't do that. If wrong-doing is occurrring, you report it, and take whatever steps necessary to be a person of conscience.

I know a few Blackwater employees. They all served multiple stints in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, and most served for 10+ years in direct combat roles in the Marines or the Army. They're all top-caliber. Blackwater is primarily in the people protection business right now. They are assigned to protect the safety of U.S. non-military personnel and Iraqi political leaders. The fact of the matter is that there are any number of state department and other non-military personnel in Iraq working hard to help establish systems to support self-governance. The military CANNOT do this job, and civilians are required to guide this process. BW employees protect their safety and ensure that they can do the jobs that are needed to support the peace. Attacks have been targeted specifically at Iraqi politicians and others who are trying to create administrative and government systems for the people of Iraq. These attacks are targeted by those who would like to see the Iraqi government fail, and the nation descend into chaos. These people do not want a democracy to emerge from their country, they want a THEOCRACY that would curtail the liberties of their religious rivals.

We simply do not have enough military personnel to fill all combat roles and protection details. And, these protection details require highly trained personnel who, if they were still active duty military, would be required in other areas. Any service member can only be assigned to a combat role for so many years of their service. And, after 10+ years, they have a right to leave military service if they so choose. Why should their expertise, however, be lost to us as a country? We need their skills, and we should be willing to pay for them.

You cannot have a transition to peace in Iraq while not protecting the American (and other UN agency) civilians and elected Iraqi officials.

And the fact remains that these democratically elected iraqi leaders are serving at significant risk to their own lives and those of their families. The more support they have to pursue their goals, the sooner we can get all of our people out.

Say what you want about BW, they do the job they're paid to do, at tremendous risk to their personnel, and they do it well...better than anyone else could do it at this point in time. How many of their protected people has BW lost, so far?

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I'll get nicer when you get smarter.

You are preaching to the choir, I spent 18 months with BW in Iraq.

I have great respect for the guys I've known from BW, professionally. They are far better trained than any other contractor out there.

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I'll get nicer when you get smarter.

I didn't know you were a professional politician.

Don't make claims you cannot back up, it just exposes your posts for what they are, ill-founded rants.

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"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut

Blackwater employees don't fall under the UCMJ.

Then it doesn't speak too well of any other contractor out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc-2iVQwBSE&feature=related

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"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." - Kurt Vonnegut