I was reading about Blackwater USA today, and it scared the hell out of me.
A megarich fundie called Erik Prince has his own army of mercenaries that he sub-contracts to the Bush administration for use both internationally and in the states (the were used after hurricane Katrina and are currently in Iraq).
The benefit for the Bush administration is that these guys aren't bound by the same rules and regulations the military have. ie: They don't have to justify there actions to anyone but their employer.
Aside from the obvious appalling aspects of this, is it a concern that Blackwater could start to develop it's own agenda and take unilateral action without even being contracted to the US government?
Would it be fair to call them a fundamentalist army?
2007-04-21
03:04:47
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