Community | March 05, 2010 | 16 comments

Stop Blackwater for Good

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JonRaymond
There's finally a bill to stop private, for-profit companies like Blackwater from waging war in our name with little regard for anything beyond their bottom line.

More than 22,000 mercenaries are operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, and these unaccountable hired guns have shot civilians and participated in torture at Abu Ghraib and other detention facilities.

The Stop Outsourcing Security Act, just introduced by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military.

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16 comments // Stop Blackwater for Good

  • GodsnLiberals
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      GodsnLiberals  

    • the only way to deal with the likes of "blackwater" is to deal with our problems directly and without any hinderance..

      you can argue with all your intellectual mambo jumbo but fact remains there were wars and there will always be wars.. atrocities and inhumanity is what drives man......

      cant stand it?? its a matter of survival..

    • 1 year ago
  • kennymotown
  • manicexpression
    • +1
      manicexpression  
    • GodsnLiberals:

      I see you subscribe to the 'You're On Your Own' philosophy. 'Tis a shame you've been able to benefit from so many liberal contributions and comforts. I'm positively certain it must give you night terrors, kind sir. I do wish you well, sir, I do wish you well. May God Bless Us, and May God Bless America!

      *Old School Hitler-Style Flag Salute*

    • 1 year ago
  • manicexpression
    • +1
      manicexpression  
    • GodsnLiberals:

      I'm just joshing you, friend. By the way, I'll be needing all the medicine and health care service/treatment you've ever received, including anything as minor as cough syrup or aspirin, as this is quite serious, after all. Can't stand it? It's a matter of survival.

      Yes. There will always be wars. There will always be murders. There will always be rapes. But that doesn't you just sit back and say, well, it's always going to happen, they're on their own.

      You try to do your part. That's all. It may not be much, but you try. It's what keeps us going. Otherwise our entire race would be extinct.

    • 1 year ago
  • ThomasZD
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      ThomasZD  

    • blackwater is some shady shit the US should have no part of. mercenaries have always been hired by great empires for one reason or another, but mostly beause these empires were being spread way too thin. if we need to hire more help we're looking in the wrong place. the UN would be a better place to start.

    • 1 year ago
  • GodsnLiberals
  • tommic
  • tommic
    • +2
      tommic  

    • Government Contractors
      There is inherent danger in the United States Government endorsing and hiring a company that is a mercenary organization. They are a danger to the security of our country all the while claiming to be in the security business. If our military needs more people for combat, support or any other positions we must recruit more people into the military or if we must, reinstate the draft. But for us a country to hire mercenaries and other people to support our military is a dangerous avenue to start down. Who is to stop these thugs if they someday decide they don't like the policies being passed as legislation, are they going to start a domestic insurrection. We as a people must call, e mail or write letters to our congressmen and senators to demand an end to this type of action, we must let them know that we will not tolerate any excuses in the dismantling of the Haliburton type companies that undermine the very essence of what the Unites States is all about. This is the kind of dangerous organization who can and will start a domestic revolution or initiate their own domestic terror attacks to further their own ambitions.

    • 1 year ago
  • treewolf39
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      treewolf39  
    • tommic:

      Tommic you nailed it. We need to get this fixed before it becomes impossible to fix. Our military should be outraged about this because they are doing the same job for the protection of our country, not for money.

    • 1 year ago
  • Vince_Escamilla_III
  • treewolf39
  • GodsnLiberals
  • Saladin
  • ryan8566
  • JonRaymond
  • sergantonio
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