Comments on: Blackwater Fired First In 84 Percent Of ‘Escalation Of Force’ Incidents Since 2005 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:09:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: zeman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100554 zeman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:59:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100554 To initiate firing means that the other, hostile and ready to fire side does not fire first. If the other side does not fire first chances of survival for you and those that you protect go up. And that is why you go the job in the first place. In every exchange like that - does not matter if you are first one to fire or not - there is a danger of unwanted collateral damage. What do you prefer: to be dead or to have slightly increased probability collateral damage by the first shot? Besides, if you elliminate the thread on the onset, chance of a collateral damage goes dramatically down in the overall statistics. So, please, do not insult our intelligence by complaining about being alert and reacting on it.... To initiate firing means that the other, hostile and ready to fire side does not fire first. If the other side does not fire first chances of survival for you and those that you protect go up. And that is why you go the job in the first place. In every exchange like that – does not matter if you are first one to fire or not – there is a danger of unwanted collateral damage. What do you prefer: to be dead or to have slightly increased probability collateral damage by the first shot? Besides, if you elliminate the thread on the onset, chance of a collateral damage goes dramatically down in the overall statistics.

So, please, do not insult our intelligence by complaining about being alert and reacting on it….

]]> By: Lora http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100375 Lora Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:34:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100375 I have a question. If guys like Daryll and Tracy are such badasses, why don’t they go to work for Blackwater too? I hear you don’t have to be ex military. I hear they train people too. Why not join blackwater if they’re so brave? I know why. Comment by BARTLEBEE — October 1, 2007 @ 7:04 pm I'm not sure if Daryll has ever responded to a question like yours. But Tracy, some months ago on a Giuliani thread, responded to a question about why he's not in the military and fighting in the war he sports that he doesn't "want to be away from (his) wife and kids for an extended period of time." In other words, a typical chickenhawk. I have a question.
If guys like Daryll and Tracy are such badasses, why don’t they go to work for Blackwater too?
I hear you don’t have to be ex military. I hear they train people too.
Why not join blackwater if they’re so brave?
I know why.
Comment by BARTLEBEE — October 1, 2007 @ 7:04 pm

I’m not sure if Daryll has ever responded to a question like yours. But Tracy, some months ago on a Giuliani thread, responded to a question about why he’s not in the military and fighting in the war he sports that he doesn’t “want to be away from (his) wife and kids for an extended period of time.” In other words, a typical chickenhawk.

]]> By: Bobby Brown http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100293 Bobby Brown Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:22:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100293 Psycho come back! He always made be spurt my coffee everywhere! This is an adult site! Psycho come back! He always made be spurt my coffee everywhere! This is an adult site!

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100196 Wayne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:28:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100196 <em> I served in the military when we had our own cooks and drivers and were self sufficient. WE didn’t need mercenaries. Comment by RUCerious — October 1, 2007 @ 10:30 pm</em> That was very true, in the pre-GWB world. They are bleeding the military as dry as they are bleeding the treasury. With more caring towards the dollars, than then men and women serving. I served in the military when we had our own cooks and drivers and were self sufficient. WE didn’t need mercenaries.
Comment by RUCerious — October 1, 2007 @ 10:30 pm

That was very true, in the pre-GWB world.

They are bleeding the military as dry as they are bleeding the treasury.
With more caring towards the dollars, than then men and women serving.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100073 RUCerious Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:30:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100073 <em> Our military is stretched thin. Blackwater is easing the load on our military. </em> You little slime toad. I served in the military when we had our own cooks and drivers and were self sufficient. WE didn't need mercenaries. Piss off.
Our military is stretched thin. Blackwater is easing the load on our military.

You little slime toad. I served in the military when we had our own cooks and drivers and were self sufficient. WE didn’t need mercenaries.
Piss off.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100070 RUCerious Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:28:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100070 <em>men of excellent stature </em> Kind of reminds me of Rodents of unusual size??? men of excellent stature
Kind of reminds me of

Rodents of unusual size???

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4100012 Nevar Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:37:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4100012 That's the big problem with guns. Men want to use them. That’s the big problem with guns. Men want to use them.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099986 ForTruth Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:23:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099986 YOu mean the private contractors just shoot people? /sarcasm YOu mean the private contractors just shoot people?

/sarcasm

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099973 Nevar Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:17:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099973 Saucers of beer left in the garden will take care of slugs... it's actually a pleasurable task refilling the saucers.... Saucers of beer left in the garden will take care of slugs… it’s actually a pleasurable task refilling the saucers….

]]> By: upside99 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099940 upside99 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:57:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099940 <em>Looks like CI got punted Comment by Wayne — October 1, 2007 @ 8:49 pm</em> When their hatred and blind bushco man-love gets in the way of reality, that can happen. Looks like CI got punted

Comment by Wayne — October 1, 2007 @ 8:49 pm

When their hatred and blind bushco man-love gets in the way of reality, that can happen.

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099926 Wayne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:49:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099926 Looks like CI got punted Looks like CI got punted

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099910 katy Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:35:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099910 i poor salt on the slugs in my garden... if only words do what salt does to slugs... ... i poor salt on the slugs in my garden…

if only words do what salt does to slugs…
…

]]> By: lefty http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099904 lefty Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:30:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099904 This really was inevitable. This is going to get ugly. This really was inevitable. This is going to get ugly.

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099890 Nevar Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:21:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099890 Usually just gets the stick slimy...... ;) Usually just gets the stick slimy…… ;)

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099884 Wayne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:16:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099884 <em>Wayne, stop feeding the infantile little troll. Comment by TripMaster Monkey — October 1, 2007 @ 8:04 pm</em> Sorry was fascinated for a minute there, like poking a slug with a stick, to see what it does. heh Wayne, stop feeding the infantile little troll.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — October 1, 2007 @ 8:04 pm

Sorry was fascinated for a minute there, like poking a slug with a stick, to see what it does.
heh

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099879 bilbobaggins Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:13:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099879 <em>I have prayed for the overthrow of the Iranian Regime because they want to destroy Israel ( God’s chosen people). Comment by Daryll</em> And I am sure when God hears your prayers, he shudders to think what he has created. You pray for death and destruction. My what a good little Christian you are. And that canard of Iran wanting to destroy Israel was debunked a long time ago. He was talking about destroying the Israel Government, not Israel as a whole. On the other hand, I could not blame him for wanting to destroy Israel considering how they are always threatening other nations, kind of like we do. I have prayed for the overthrow of the Iranian Regime because they want to destroy Israel ( God’s chosen people).
Comment by Daryll

And I am sure when God hears your prayers, he shudders to think what he has created. You pray for death and destruction. My what a good little Christian you are.

And that canard of Iran wanting to destroy Israel was debunked a long time ago. He was talking about destroying the Israel Government, not Israel as a whole. On the other hand, I could not blame him for wanting to destroy Israel considering how they are always threatening other nations, kind of like we do.

]]> By: TripMaster Monkey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099858 TripMaster Monkey Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:04:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099858 Wayne, stop feeding the infantile little troll. As you can see from his earlier "joke in bad taste", he's desperate for attention...<i>any</i> attention. Don't give it to him. If he wants to discuss issues like an adult, that's one thing, but this is quite another. Wayne, stop feeding the infantile little troll. As you can see from his earlier “joke in bad taste”, he’s desperate for attention…any attention.

Don’t give it to him. If he wants to discuss issues like an adult, that’s one thing, but this is quite another.

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099857 Wayne Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:03:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099857 Not only that but I can type too! Comment by Cynicon Implant — October 1, 2007 @ 8:00 pm Wonders never cease. =D Not only that but I can type too!

Comment by Cynicon Implant — October 1, 2007 @ 8:00 pm

Wonders never cease. =D

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099849 Wayne Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:59:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099849 And from reading many of your comments, Comment by Cynicon Implant — October 1, 2007 @ 7:52 pm I'm shocked! You can actually read? And from reading many of your comments,
Comment by Cynicon Implant — October 1, 2007 @ 7:52 pm

I’m shocked!

You can actually read?

]]> By: Nevar http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/comment-page-3/#comment-4099839 Nevar Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:55:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/01/blackwater-report/#comment-4099839 The sad fact is, soldiers (regular military) regularly use, and are encouraged to use, loud music with violent lyrics to get themselves pumped up going into battle. We can scarce imagine what the mercenaries pump themselves up with. Perhaps "Money" by Pink Floyd...... The sad fact is, soldiers (regular military) regularly use, and are encouraged to use, loud music with violent lyrics to get themselves pumped up going into battle.

We can scarce imagine what the mercenaries pump themselves up with.

Perhaps “Money” by Pink Floyd……

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