Comments on: Erik Prince’s tell-all Blackwater book.

By: A Patriot Acting

A Patriot Acting — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:38:06 +0000

I long for the good old days when Congress were the only ones who could raise an maintain an army. If I remember from my old history books it was also Congress that were the only ones that could form a treaty and authorize a war. Just ’cause Stupid and his friend Dick call them “contractors”, “long-term agreements” and “peace keeping missions” doesn’t make me feel any better.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:50:57 +0000

28 & 31 – OxyCon and MoonDancer:

Stupid Question – under the generally accepted international rules of war, wouldn’t Blackwater be mercenaries ? And if so, would Blackwater personnel who are captured be NOT covered under the Geneva Convention and even be subject to immediate execution ?

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:48:48 +0000

Self-report of the head of Blackwater and published by Regnery -

Should be even more accurate, fair and biased than Fox.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:37:31 +0000

OxyCon@28

They are not under the Uniform Military Code, so they can do whatever they want. Plus if they are “hired” by say a criminal in office(cheney) they can do things that can’t be traced back to the lawbreaker.

By: moondancer

moondancer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:33:18 +0000

I get to write the subtitle: Or How I Brought to Life the GOP Murder Squad.

By: ThomasAllen

ThomasAllen — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:23:17 +0000

Why does Prince hate our troops?

By: OxyCon

OxyCon — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:21:55 +0000

To say that the Blackwater Militia can do things that our military can’t is complete fallacy, especially considering the Blackwater Militia is made up of ex-military personnel (unless Erik Prince is referring to criminal activities which the US military is barred from doing).

By: Wayne

Wayne — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:21:35 +0000

If the military “can’t” ( or won’t ) do the job, it is probably f-king illegal.

By: jpopphan

jpopphan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:20:35 +0000

Oh, and Blackwater would be TOAST if we re-institute the draft.

By: jpopphan

jpopphan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:19:54 +0000

The question that must be asked is, why can’t the military do it and do it much better than private enterprise? Once upon a time, the military was self-sufficient. Military personnel cooked the meals, did the laundry, built buildings, etc.

If Blackwater can “do it better” then something truly is broken with our military. We cannot and should not rely on private enterprise to support and augment our military. Either the military does it on its own or it doesn’t do it at all. It is a national security issue as well as an economic one.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:58:23 +0000

They are going to name it the warren report II

By: Tap Duncan

Tap Duncan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:55:26 +0000

What got my hackles up was the “That the military can’t” Why is that Mr Princess? Because your buddy has totaly ruined the military. What about the other 200+ years of our military? Well thank God your here to be our saviour! Princess is the only man who can do the job, MY ASS!!!

By: Styve

Styve — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:35:03 +0000

Just as J. Goldberg’s book, Liberal Fascism was quickly categorized as a “Parody”, so will Prince’s effort be categorized as “Occult”.

By: IgnoranceIsNotBliss

IgnoranceIsNotBliss — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:53 +0000

That’s one book I will NOT be reading. I get enough of their lies just watching C-Span Hearings.

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:32:02 +0000

All proceeds, I’m sure, benefit Blackwater. Talk about double taxation.

By: reynwrap582

reynwrap582 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:27:47 +0000

This’ll be an easy book for him to write… just take all of Heinrich Himmler’s writings about the SS and change names, dates and places…

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:15:11 +0000

ERIK PRINCE SHOULD BE BEHIND BARRS!

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:13:25 +0000

Great.
Now we have a Prince & a King.

Someone should tell them they’re not wearing any clothes.

By: Toss these losers

Toss these losers — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:06:16 +0000

Shouldn’t the subtitle be “how we are above the law”?

The fact that we have become reliant on mercenaries should alarm the entire country. It only takes a command from the Dude controlling the checks(ie. Commander Guy) to turn that on the general population. For a clown with demonstrated public indifference to suffering of the masses(see Katrina) I don’t think he’d shed too many tears if a few citizens get taken out in the name of “keeping the peace”.

Was Prince showing his “commitment and compassion for all people” when his gun happy employees went postal on some innocent Iraqi citizens??

Oops, sorry Condi, I forgot we were supposed to pretend that never happened.

By: DennisRaines

DennisRaines — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:05:32 +0000

“how Blackwater has handled protection, rescue, and supply assignments that even our military canâ€™t.”

Seriously? That sounds more like a catalog.