Rep. Chris Cannon: "Iraq security contractors shouldn't be subject to U.S. criminal laws"
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Chris Cannon, a Republican from Utah, opposed a bill that would apply U.S. criminal law to private security contractors working in Iraq and questioned where it could lead the nation.
"What's next? Supplying Moqtada al-Sadr with a taxpayer-funded trial lawyer?" Cannon wrote in a piece published last week in the conservative newsletter Human Events.
Cannon was also quoted as saying "I personally believe the war is well on its way to being won."
Although I have shared similar ground with the ultra conservative from Utah in the past, I would have to say I strongly disagree with him on these latest statements. Security contractors are being paid very well to do their job. Their Job does not require them to shoot unarmed civilians. Responsibility comes with any job, any place, any situation. If you are not responsible be prepared to face the consequences.
"What's next? Supplying Moqtada al-Sadr with a taxpayer-funded trial lawyer?" Cannon wrote in a piece published last week in the conservative newsletter Human Events.
Cannon was also quoted as saying "I personally believe the war is well on its way to being won."
Although I have shared similar ground with the ultra conservative from Utah in the past, I would have to say I strongly disagree with him on these latest statements. Security contractors are being paid very well to do their job. Their Job does not require them to shoot unarmed civilians. Responsibility comes with any job, any place, any situation. If you are not responsible be prepared to face the consequences.
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I can't believe that this is a person that was elected! (WTF) I served in the military for almost 5 years, you get shitty pay, shitty food, shitty health care, and when you are in another country you are subject to there laws. Since when are private contractors not subject to those laws like everyone else in the country? To me that is another form of terrorist, they just have better guns, more money and are backed by our government.
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