Friday, September 21, 2007

Hi-Yo Blackwater Away!

The mercenaries have been given the green light to resume their protection racket for the State Dept. and despite soothing words from folks like Condi it appears that the Iraqis have been told to pound salt and keep their heads down.
American diplomats today resumed travel in Iraq in convoys escorted by Blackwater USA, the private American security contractor, less than a week after the Iraqi government banned the company following a shooting in which at least eight Iraqis were killed....

....That the American Embassy chose to resume work with Blackwater, when so many questions are currently being raised by the Iraqis about the company’s work, showed how hamstrung American civilian officials are here without private security contractors, who provide the bulk of the protection for diplomats.
No one really expected Our Dear Embattled Leader to stand between his good old boys and their profit, but it does point up something very disturbing. Even with the bulk of US ground forces in Iraq, we need to hire a warlords private army to protect our diplomats. Just one more turd in the pile of Dear Leader's Glorious Legacy.

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