http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
http://www.digitaljournal.com/print/article/101840
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060828/scahill
2007-09-17 05:06:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
WWD : You are so right about that . We could have won this thing with old Military thinking .
2007-09-18 15:11:40 · update #1
It's way past time. The US should have been preparing for a 4th-generation war with a military build-up for decades. Instead, we've wasted huge amounts of money on technology for 2nd- and 3rd-generation warfighting while ignoring the most likely type. Blackwater was signed on because we got rid of the active duty people who might have done their job, and done it better. Lord knows we have enough field-grade officers wasting their time on staff work to fill in most of the officer corps of a 4th-gen force of huge proportions.
2007-09-17 10:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I liked this from the AP article: "Unlike soldiers, the contractors are not bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Under a special provision secured by American-occupying forces, they are exempt from prosecution by Iraqis for crimes committed there."
I wonder if many people know this. They are also much more highly paid and it's not really known how many are there(100,000? 200,000?)
2007-09-17 12:14:54 · answer #2 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The sad fact is that these companies were awarded enormous contracts without congressional oversight or without going through any government bidding process, which is the normal procedure for all private companies that wish to participate in obtaining such government contracts. Furthermore these contracts were also exorbitantly overpriced (with their profits running into many hundereds of millions of dollars). In the end, who is paying all of these costs?. Yes, you guessed it right, it's the American taxpayer's money.
2007-09-17 13:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by Botsakis G 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wasn't there so I won't judge.
"and it's not really known how many are there(100,000? 200,000?) "
~30,000 according to a report on National People's Radio last week.
2007-09-17 12:15:23 · answer #4 · answered by Lavrenti Beria 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They weren't blacklisted.
The Iraqi government pulled their certification to operate in the country. There's a big difference.
2007-09-17 12:11:45 · answer #5 · answered by John T 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hired killers should never be used
2007-09-17 12:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. should pull their license too.
2007-09-17 12:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by tiny Valkyrie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
killers must be tried in court!
2007-09-18 16:46:34 · answer #8 · answered by Ralph65 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋