…was there any doubt in your mind that they wouldn’t?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html?eref=rss_politics
2007-09-21 06:10:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
None whatever. Blackwater, Halliburton and their merc like ilk are the main players. They doubtless had only to pay some 'visits' to key Iraqis and 'lean on them' to get the desired the results.
Mafia techniques and covert merc techniques are really very direct. It's called a protection racket. You refuse their services at your own peril.
2007-09-21 06:15:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
This only shows what the independent observers had been saying all along. Al Maliki's government is just a puppet, with virtually no power and control over his country. It's just merely a propped-up extension of Washington's political agendas. It is a highly unpopular government among the Iraqi's, with very little support from both Sunni's and Shia's. It's no wonder that Al Maliki's government will surely collapse as soon as the Americans leave Iraq, and its current survival only ensured by the American presence.
2007-09-21 13:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by Botsakis G 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Of course not.
The Iraqi government is nothing but a symbolic figurehead with no authority to do anything.
This action, without a doubt, will convince more people that were on the fence to take up arms against the coalition and the people in the Iraqi "government".
Eventually this will lead to the disintegration of the Iraqi government and we will be back to square 1.
2007-09-21 13:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have a question in reference to the agenda and everything that is going on. Has anyone seen that video of a guy called Alex collier who claims he has been in contact with aliens for a long time and that on our planet the ones who run the show are really reptilian aliens, and that they have been here for thousands of years. Anyway if anyone knows about this please post answers and let me know what you think. That vid can be found on youtube under ''UFO contact Alex Collier interviewed by Rick Keefe (1 of 12) '' Oh and one more thing that is weird is that alex jones says that david icke is saying the thruth about the whole agenda but when it comes to these reptilian aliens he does not believe that at all, yet alex collier did this interview in the year 1994, way before david icke even mentioned anything about reptilian aliens. So if anyone knows more about this subject please enlighten me.
2007-09-21 19:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by agent zero 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No surprise.
But does anyone actually READ the articles?
From your own link:
The commission -- being co-chaired by an American and an Iraqi with equal representation from both countries -- will receive the results of both the State Department investigation and the separate Iraqi investigation, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said.
2007-09-21 13:23:27 · answer #5 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
It just reinforces the view that the Iraqi government has no power over what is going on in their country and has no say in what the US is doing.
The Iraqi people are getting a first hand view of how powerless their government is, and are not going to be happy about it.
I suspect that because of this incident and Bush's refusal to hand power over to the Iraqi govt., that the Iraqi government will fall apart by Christmas and we will be back to square one.
2007-09-21 13:17:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
None whatsoever. If the liberals in America would step up to the plate and help their country in the war on terror, instead of letting the patriots do their share, we would have no need for Blackwater. We didn't need security firms in WWII, did we. That's because everybody, civilians and military, did their part. Now a large segment of our population uses all the benefits of being an American, but fails to follow JFK's admonishment.
2007-09-21 13:16:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Iraq's democracy in action... right.
This shows that the Iraqi government is not in power... their elections were a fraud then if we don't respect the democratically elected officials by their decision of who can stay and who has to go.
There are other security companies that can be contracted to fill the void.
2007-09-21 13:14:10 · answer #8 · answered by cattledog 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and this shows how independent the sovereign and democratic government of Iraq is.
2007-09-21 13:15:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Why does a government who is suppose to be the leading world power need private contractors at all ?
2007-09-21 13:16:12 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋