Why is Blackwater allowed to kill unarmed Iraqi civilians while profiting off of the Iraq war?

Question

Why aren't they being held accountable?

Answer 1

Because they do not exist according to the General Accounting Office, therefore they are unacounted for and unacountable. Isn't that special?

Answer 2

harmless till shown responsible approximately time somebody suggested that. i could pick to work out some information each and every time the CIA feels its an excellent concept to rendition somebody. In a war on terror everybody is responsible first. All you ought to do is scream traitor or terrorist. They arent leaving simply by fact its a puppet government or an occupied territory of the USA of a. different interpretations are that Condi suggested whats up permit the corporate stay and you place those you caught on trial and dont provide them the dying penalty.

Answer 3

Historically, mercenary armies have always been used to do the dirty work official armies just could not be seen getting their hands into. Plus, this way of doing things allows the war party to provide only official (military) casualty statistics, thus helping to throw smoke on the situation on the ground.
Does anybody really still believes this is about democracy?

Answer 4

Because mercenaries act with impunity...rather dangerous considering that they can use their tactics anywhere, including here in the United States.
Today I learned that there are over 180,000 contractors in Iraq....more even than US troops.
SOMEONE has to protect them I imagine.
I cannot help but to sympathize with the innocents in Iraq...which far outweigh those we define as 'insurgents,al quaeda, etc.
Just an excuse to stay there I imagine.

and for those who think mercenaries have not killed innocents in Iraq (and other places as well) take your foolish blinders off!
some of you
are
SO
SILLY for gods sake!
this isn't a matter of 'lib vs conservative'
its
a
matter
of
life
and
death
you sillies!
Wake up. Will you still be spouting 'lib-left-right" nonsense when another country just becomes
sick
and
tired
of
BUSH - RICE - CHENEY, etc!

Answer 5

because they have what we gave ourself the day we entered into Iraq and that is immunity where have you ever seen numbers of the iraq dead they were not all insurgents you know it is evident to the world at large that we intend to stay there no matter what if now why are we building bases there and the world's largest embassy all part of the plan

Answer 6

Since none of them has yet to be convicted of anything,how about we consider the fact that it ,may be untrue. But I guess it's just easier to convict someone in the court of public opinion. Until I learn otherwise I will assume their innocence,or that it was at worst the collateral damage that often happens in combat.

Jack

Answer 7

Considering that Bush has kept the US out of treaties and troops out of UN positions to keep them from being subject to prosecution in case of war crimes...
I expect this is just more attempts to evade oversight.

Answer 8

a close connection to ultra right-wing leaders like Jerry Falwell of the Moral Majority, Pat Robertson of the Christian Coalition and Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum.

EDIT: more thumbs down, please. this is all documented and easily checked.

blackwater founder is erik prince. he sits on the board of http://www.christianfreedom.org/a_board.html

Answer 9

Who would hold them accountable?

The US certainly doesn't want to -- it doesn't have anything to gain by reigning them in, and it gets a lot of benefit from plausible deniability because they are "independent".

And the Iraqi govt cannot hold the accountable -- because the US won't let them.

Answer 10

It's the invisible hand of capitalism pulling the trigger.