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The privatization of the United States Military continued with the renewal of Blackwater's contract. In September Blackwater guards killed 17 Iraqi women and children. "Under a provision instituted in the early days of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, security contractors have immunity from Iraqi law". Witnesses said Blackwater guards started shooting unprovoked. The FBI is investigating.

Critics are also concerned because Blackwater guards earn significantly more money than US troops. Leaving some to wonder why we are willing to pay private citizens more than the men and women who volunteered their lives to protect this country?

Blackwater spokeswoman Anne Tyrrell declined to comment.
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35 responses // Blackwater contract renewed

  • So seriously were gonna let them go over there and possibly kill more unarmed citizens. Awesome. Go Iraq War!! Mission Accomplished. Destroy the USA moral standing around the world. God please impeach these people!!!
    amirct3
  • Scary part is if Blackwater (and all other private organizations working nationally and overseas for the US) are accused of anything who gets held accountable? The US can just place the blame on the hired men instead of the fact that they are in way over their head and have no idea how to fix it.
    djknockout
  • Blackwater will soon be replacing the secret service, and then we will see Dictator bush standing in front of the white house and say these tragic words, "As the last American President and now the ambassador to newest addition to United Arab Emerits, the formerly United States of America will be a great force for our sheet wearing leaders. The public beheading of all non-essential human beings will begin promptly at 8:00 pm, get your tickets in advance at Ticketron."
    LAHolly
  • its like these guys are playing 'grand theft auto.' they run around killing and doing whatever they want, they get paid and then they can just turn it off and have no accountability or repercussions....
    phillyphil
  • This will surely send a message to the Iraqis that the USA really does care.
    LarzNero
  • watch this comment being used here, here, here, here, here, and here
    Companies like Blackwater are very very dangerous to the world.
    Having people earning profit from activities profiting only under war times just makes war lobbies more big and more influencing politics.
    Money buys politics and war making money grow (for warlords) makes world a worse place.
    Profits for such activities should be controlled.
    varude
  • this is screwed up- it reminded me of the janjaweed hired by the sudan government.
    katharinekov
  • Blackwater sucks and I shouldn't be paying for it with my tax dollars!!!!!!!
    menmykoko
  • It's like a secret war within a war. Hey. Wait a minute...
    huntre
  • Blackwater can also be hired to kill US soldiers.
    pressrecord
  • and why not? They did not do anything wrong. We never set any rules.
    samply
  • The USA as we knew it is long gone. We're screwed! I fear for my granddaughters. Impeach Bush, now.
    jazz
  • We need to somehow get all of these macho, trigger-happy killers in a room, have them psychoanalyzed and send them home with a joint and a John Lennon album. This hyper-violent organization gives America a real black eye.
    benjaminV
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Z1tevub9I&feature=rela...
    Oh, and here is the big man himself eloquently responding to questioning about Blackwater.
    benjaminV
  • Reminds me of the show "Jericho". Corporate armies keeping illegitimate governments in power here and abroad. Do we really want to live like that? They may be the ones who will provide the "terrorist attack" in late summer or early fall that will allow W to declare a state of emergency and dissolve the Congress suspend the Constitution and the elections and stay in the White House... Stay alert people.
    sxbrown
  • oh my god. this guy is our president. He seems to be getting dumber by the day.
    recommended by  Marilynn_Murray
    stephenthomson
  • i have a friend who , upon being discharged from the marines ( where he was a close combat instructor ) was immediately offered a job with several private security firms - and his salary sits at around 100k a year , and , as i recall , cannot be taxed . when guys can earn this kind of money being soldiers of fortune ( just about ) , and are even being hired on by the gov't itself , it makes me question how naive many in the US are to believe that the "war" will end when troops are simply brought home , or Bush is impeached .
    malathion
  • This war is truly one of the biggest mistakes the United States of America has ever made...wait...I mean; the United States of George Bush, there, that sounds better.
    TheRemedy_181
  • sometimes i wonder how sane anybody is anymore
    alman365
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GkCgh-Bbo8
    RE: Haters,

    No matter who wins the election, Amerika is deeply involved and indebted in messopotamia™...we're going to have US employees over there for years no matter how hard wee want/try to withdraw::mcdonalds cashiers, engineers, diplomats, generals, senators, and oil people.

    Who would you rather provide security: a giant, out of control federal bureaucracy with unlimited financial resources propped up by disgruntled young, uneducated boys.

    ....or a highly efficient world class security firm with the best trained, equipped, informed soldeirs on the planet... hand picked from elite military forces around the globe......who btw are held to much higher standards than ANY national armed forces......who unlike US military soldiers..can be tried as civilians and are not protected by intnl war laws.

    http://current.com/items/88861190_mercenary_army_needed...

    Bwater has a financial responsibility to their clients and shareholders to make things more secure.

    the army is accountable to our elected officials [LOL] who continue to prove their infinite incompetence and ability to lower the bar for america
    every
    singl
    day.
    smorrisey
  • Obama want's troops in Iraq until when? Then the black water contract renews? Milk the cow before you make it into steak!
    Mrringtone
  • Why am I not surprised? Besides....how many American companies that peddle hired assasins with ties to this Administration are there anyway?
    barkway
  • If they don't renew their contract, who is going to jail us when we start rioting because Bush bombs Iran and declares martial law as he refuses to leave office? Those new prison camps are just waiting for us. They can't trust our military to do it.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • They're being payed more because there's a company behind that reduces costs, elevates efficiency and can pay more to their workers. Instead, the government doesn't work in the same way and there's always budget issues.
    ghostbar
  • smorrisey , you are correct sir !
    malathion
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdmwmxhHmlg
    i know...i am always correct .....I'm tired of always being right about everything..its exhausting...I wish someone on current would try to prove me wrong about something, anything.
    smorrisey
  • smorrisey, you are wrong so much you walk backwards. Now straighten up and behave.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • ghostbar, You can't really believe they cost less, let alone for any of the reasons you named. Don't you remember when they used to set fire to whatever they were driving if it got a flat tire? Cost plus, why should they care? They are above the damned law, they kill and plunder at will, in our name. I''m ashamed of what they do.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Marilynn_Murray,

    They spend less in development of new weapons or in bureaucracy, that's why they cost less. That's why the can throw the money in things like that.

    FYI, I'm not defending them, I'm just saying why the cost less and why their troop get better paychecks.
    ghostbar
  • Smorrisey --I believe you are mistaken. Blackwater can not be tried as either civilians or a military tribunal. Moreover, they have killed women, children, iraqis, and increased the hostilities in the Iraq war against the american soldiers. Also, lowered morale as they are paid considerably more and im sure get better healthcare.

    No, I'll stick with the US troops any day.
    http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071008/scahill092
    menmykoko
  • ghostbar, But they don't cost less. They are cost plus. If they pay their man ten thousand a month we pay that plus a percentage profit for them. If they have to buy a suburban we pay for it plus probably a profit. The more it costs the more profit they make. It's way more expensive than the regular army. Plus what menmykoko said.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • I can't believe people can support Blackwater and still boast "Support our Troops." Haven't we learned anything from mercenary warfare? If we really supported our armed forces, we wouldn't be wasting them away in an endless fight against an obscure ideology, squeezing the life out of a once-prosperous economy, and hoarding resources that only the wealthy can afford.

    Next: Real Estate in Canada...
    jaidi1
  • I support our troops %100 +
    irishgirlforever
  • jaidi1, Exactly right. People grab on to an idea and don't bother to check the facts, they just go with it. Support The Troops means nothing if you haven't any idea how they are being treated and what is happening. Blackwater is being paid much more without having the responsibility.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • I support our troops 10%.
    benjaminV