Have you seen those guys with their sunglasses on and brandishing assault weapons and looking at civilians in Iraq with complete distrust and twitchy fingers on the trigger? and have you seen how are actual soldiers look like they are not mercenaries but loyal brave regular army people doing the job they have been ordered to?
2007-10-06 10:04:13 · 8 answers · asked by ballerb j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Very bad idea, just look at the headlines in Iraq lately. Several blakwater guards killing innocent Iraqi civilians. They are mercenaries plain and simple - they also create morale problems with regular US army troops. Just look at the pay differences for same jobs and you will quickly understand.
Blackwater was a major campaign contributor to Bush and now they are profiteering off this Iraq war.
2007-10-06 12:34:29 · answer #1 · answered by Redtic 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'll stick with the first question. Hell, NO! There is a real need for civilian contractors in Iraq. But there is no excuse for mercenaries - From now on let us call them what they actually are. No one in a war zone should be allowed to carry a weapon unless they are either in the military or working for another govt security or law enforcement agency. And Embassy personnel should be protected only by US agencies such as the Secret Service, FBI, or military people, no matter where they are stationed.
A footnote: Preliminary reports gathered from US soldiers & Iraqi police at the scene on Sept 16 stated that the Blackwater employees were never fired upon during the incidents.
2007-10-06 10:24:59 · answer #2 · answered by bob h 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Point 1. Black-water and other alike groups are NOT fighting any war.
Point 2. Black-water are there to provide bodyguards for V.I.P's.
Point 3. Black-water and like groups are providing escort specialists to escort civil supply convoys.
Point 4. As can be seen by points 1, 2, 3, Black-water are not fighting anybodies WAR.
Point 5. you can see many official military personnel in "cool shades" and itchy-trigger finger's staring down at the local Iraqi population, they however unlike Black-water are answerable for their actions committed while in the service of their country.
2007-10-07 04:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean "Military"? It isn't just the Army branch of the military involved in the war you know!
The guys you refer to are civilian "security". These companies are employed as bodyguards and facilities security for "non-military" assets. They are not "fighting the war" for us.
2007-10-06 10:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by afreshpath_admin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good idea for whom?
First - it is a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution - so it is BAD for the American people.
Second - it is GOOD for the Bush administration since private contractors don't come home in flag-draped coffins - they come home in a cardboard box on a Fed Ex plane.
Private contractor deaths don't make headlines.
2007-10-06 10:07:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
You are a idiot, and people who give me thumbs down havn't been in the shyt or the sandbox. They provided ECP security at my base and protected my azz everytime I came on and off the base. ( That's Enemy Control Point for you wannabe soliders and stupid military wives). They also checked humvees with bomb detecting gear and checked I.D. so Haji wouldn't sneak in and kill us. You are full of shyt, anybody who talks about contractors hasn't been in the shyt.
2007-10-06 10:15:56 · answer #6 · answered by James the Just 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You've been watching too many movies. lol
2007-10-06 20:55:14 · answer #7 · answered by kass 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its ok. they're doing it on their own time and getting paid big bucks ofr it too.
2007-10-06 10:08:10 · answer #8 · answered by spike5310 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋