Comments on: U.S. officials ignored Iraqi complaints on Blackwater.

By: tombaker

tombaker — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:05:07 +0000

no wonder he’s called bigfoot – you’d have to live pretty deep in the woods to believe that’s what life is like in any city in the US.

Idaho White Power militiaman is my guess.

By: upside99

upside99 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:00:53 +0000

You get this from a story about a thrown water bottle? Worse things happen daily in inner-city schools right here in the United States.
Comment by O. Bigfoot â€” September 24, 2007 @ 2:22 am

The killing of 11 civilians is “like a daily event in an inner-city school”? WTF does that mean? Typical Repug response to the real issue: Attack something from the side and ignore what is really important here.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:10:10 +0000

a matter of preserving Iraqâ€™s dignity and honor

Oh, come on now. A little bit like four and a half years late for that???

By: bilbobaggins

bilbobaggins — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:35:14 +0000

Wow, how to kill a thread. Get two idiots debating religion.

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:29:36 +0000

(Gen 1:1-2:4a) â€œThe Holy One, Blessed be He, said to those, You want to know my name [tetragramon thing]? I am called according to my actions. When I judge the creatures I am Elohim [EL], and when I have mercy with My world, I am named YHVHâ€ [YHWH] (Ex R. 3:6).

What gates? Why does it matter?

Camels EYES!!! =p

Kidding..to show our resident trolls that we DO know about religious things?

By: katy

katy — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:20:23 +0000

Iraq tempers call for US firm’s dismissal
Los Angeles Times – 1 hour ago
Expelling the private security company, accused of killing 11 civilians, would leave a vacuum, an Iraqi official says. The American guards are said to aggressively disregard Iraqi lives, an accusation By Alexandra Zavis, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer …

what gates???
what does it matter???
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By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:08:42 +0000

What gate? What the hell are you talking about?
Comment by BARTLEBEE

One of the gates in Jerusalem.
Comment by Vendetta â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:39 pm

The tetragrammaton is the name of God, Yahweh, among many things. I am not familiar with any gate being named that, but if you are tyring to imply that that is the â€œeye of the needleâ€ that Jesus was referring to, then Iâ€™d ask for my money back on that theology degree.

The gate of course =)

By: had enough

had enough — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:05:33 +0000

U.S. officials ignored Iraqi complaints on Blackwater
As actions speak louder than words it is obvious the Bush crime family cares nothing about the Iraqi people or their complaints. We have Shocked and Awed them over known lies and for years we have left the Iraqi people in such desperate conditions, conditions that is unlawful for ones pet animal to survive in.

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:49:26 +0000

I understood the gate to be Babel or Bab-ilu [BAB= gate and EL= God]

#10 said: But have since rejected absolute pacifism primarily because I believe that we have a moral right to defend ourselves and a duty to protect those innocents who can not defend themselves against an unjust agressor.

Read up on Calvinism….
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Religion_in_Political_Theory#On_Civil_Government

By: TripMaster Monkey

TripMaster Monkey — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:54:53 +0000

Vendetta = Jake

Give it up, Shakey.

By: kasinca

kasinca — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:48:22 +0000

The Bush Crime Family ignores all laws, all requests for oversight, all truth and all reality…they are there to defend the wealth of the elite and the profits of the military industrial complex. They do no appreciate anything resembling law because it would hamper their criminal acts.

By: foreyes

foreyes — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:21:15 +0000

I am not familiar with any gate being named that, but if you are tyring to imply that that is the â€œeye of the needleâ€ that Jesus was referring to, then Iâ€™d ask for my money back on that theology degree.

Comment by BARTLEBEE â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:51 pm

Yes, you’re right. Your theology dregree is worthlesss!

By: jb

jb — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:10:31 +0000

I guess theyâ€™ll have to go back to being peace officers.

Comment by Badger â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:52 pm

Will we be allowed to chuck water bottles at them with impunity? Or will they just shoot any bottle chuckers? These are not good guys for community policing. I doubt they will do any better here than they have done there.

By: Badger

Badger — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:52:20 +0000

I believe many of the Blackwater employees in Iraq are police officers who were lured to Iraq for the big bucks. If Blackwater gets kicked out of Iraq, I guess they’ll have to go back to being peace officers.

By: foreyes

foreyes — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:44:44 +0000

East is East and West is West. What should be done with Blackwater and its employees? Weâ€™ve created a monsterâ€¦.now what?

Comment by jb â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:15 pm

Getting them out of Iraq is easier said than done but, one way to go about it would be, in my opinion, to recognize when US imperialist (oil) motives moves us to wage the next (Iran) war. Think about what Hillary said: we are” fighting the wrong war” when we should be thinking about the “next war”.

By: gummitch

gummitch — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:36:09 +0000

Chili and cornbread for me.

Comment by Lefty Patriot â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:33 pm

I love cornbread, especially the Southern-style with no wheat flour in it, done in a buttered cast iron skillet. Mmmmmmm. Good eating.

By: gummitch

gummitch — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:34:55 +0000

Iâ€™m not too into it. It gives the war party too many warm bodies to throw into a fight with people who have not threatened us.

Comment by Alejandro â€” September 23, 2007 @ 7:31 pm

From the linked article: “The military has seemed receptive, but some Hispanic groups have expressed concern that the bill is a ploy to pull young Latin Americans into combat situations for which they wouldn’t otherwise have volunteered.”

Ya think?

A creepy strategy: “Y’all’s family can stay in this country if you just pick up that gun and ship out to Iraq/Afghanistan/Iran/ Syria/Colombia . . .”

By: Lefty Patriot

Lefty Patriot — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:33:26 +0000

Chili and cornbread for me.

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:31:18 +0000

So on one hand half the fighting force in Iraq consists of privateers/mercenaries and soon the other half will be foreigners.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119034142441734839.html

Months after the collapse of a broad immigration overhaul, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D. Ill.) plans to offer by next week a smaller measure that could give 360,000 illegal immigrants…

…citizenship after serving in the military for 2 years.

How many will jump at the chance? I’ll bet there will be more than 100,000. Most immigrants are more into making some money and sending it back home and then returning when their local economy picks up (if ever). But there are plenty who would go for this.

I’m not too into it. It gives the war party too many warm bodies to throw into a fight with people who have not threatened us.

By: jb

jb — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:27:36 +0000

Blackwater thugs might shoot first and argue later.