Comments on: State Department renews Blackwater’s Iraq contract ‘for at least another year.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:30:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: youtube http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-5594237 youtube Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:14:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-5594237 There is currently a <a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">Bedava mp3 indir</a>big flap about the placement of another bridge across the Colorado River at Laughlin, NV/Bullhead City, AZ.<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">sohbet</a> The most logical choice of location is close to being eliminated because, as the local papers have learned but will not print, our good Senator own property on the Nevada side that will garner him mucho dinero when the most expensive and impractic<a href="http://www.dostcafem.com" rel="nofollow">cet</a>al site for the bridge is chosen. There is currently a Bedava mp3 indirbig flap about the placement of another bridge across the Colorado River at Laughlin, NV/Bullhead City, AZ.sohbet The most logical choice of location is close to being eliminated because, as the local papers have learned but will not print, our good Senator own property on the Nevada side that will garner him mucho dinero when the most expensive and impracticcetal site for the bridge is chosen.

]]> By: Helen Hussein Rainier http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4955254 Helen Hussein Rainier Mon, 12 May 2008 00:23:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4955254 So, I'm curious -- just exactly WHAT is the State Department DOING in Iraq anyway? It's not like there's a stable government there or people beating down the door to immigrate to the US. So, what ARE they doing?? So, I’m curious — just exactly WHAT is the State Department DOING in Iraq anyway? It’s not like there’s a stable government there or people beating down the door to immigrate to the US. So, what ARE they doing??

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4955098 Chocolate Jesus Sun, 11 May 2008 20:27:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4955098 Alternative to Blackwater? Try Greystone.. different name, same scum: http://www.greystone-ltd.com/ Alternative to Blackwater? Try Greystone.. different name, same scum:

http://www.greystone-ltd.com/

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954696 katy Sun, 11 May 2008 01:55:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954696 argh! thank you, merlin... i didn't read close enough... i was thinking of teddy's son... ... whew! ... ... and, "never mind"... argh! thank you, merlin… i didn’t read close enough…

i was thinking of teddy’s son… … whew! … … and, “never mind”…

]]> By: Nashoba nowa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954694 Nashoba nowa Sun, 11 May 2008 01:55:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954694 Contractors my a__, a group of paid mercenaries, is what Blackwater has always been. Contractors my a__, a group of paid mercenaries, is what Blackwater has always been.

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954656 Merlin Sun, 11 May 2008 00:33:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954656 <em>katy Says: is this patrick f. kennedy who i think he is? what did they feed him during rehab? who got to him? a shame on the kennedy name there… May 10th, 2008 at 7:19 pm</em> Not sure who you are talking about, but he is not one of the Kennedy clan. katy Says:
is this patrick f. kennedy who i think he is?
what did they feed him during rehab? who got to him?

a shame on the kennedy name there…

May 10th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Not sure who you are talking about, but he is not one of the Kennedy clan.

]]> By: theswan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954638 theswan Sun, 11 May 2008 00:04:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954638 Bad business. For most. Bad business. For most.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954600 katy Sat, 10 May 2008 23:19:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954600 is this patrick f. kennedy who i think he is? what did they feed him during rehab? who got to him? a shame on the kennedy name there... is this patrick f. kennedy who i think he is?
what did they feed him during rehab? who got to him?

a shame on the kennedy name there…

]]> By: burro http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954590 burro Sat, 10 May 2008 22:37:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954590 The U.S. military is being gelded for the benefit of corporate profits. The loyalty of the Blackwater and other corporate mercenaries is to the companies they work for, not the U.S. The U.S. treasury is being plundered for the benefit of the Corporate mercenaries and the U.S. is accumulating more debt to pay the mercenaries while the substance and effectiveness of the U.S. military is continually chipped away and reduced. It's a scam being perpetrated on U.S. citizens to say that Corporate mercenaries are the only security entity capable of protecting diplomats. If that's the case it's because the civilian leaders in lockstep with the purveyors of mercenaries have decided that it should be so. It doesn't have to be that way and it shouldn't be. It may be true right now that the mercs can do a better job than our own military but that represents a huge failure, not a success and it's a glaring weakness, not a strength, that our own military isn't capable of such important work. "War" in Iraq = Corporate welfare. The U.S. military is being gelded for the benefit of corporate profits. The loyalty of the Blackwater and other corporate mercenaries is to the companies they work for, not the U.S. The U.S. treasury is being plundered for the benefit of the Corporate mercenaries and the U.S. is accumulating more debt to pay the mercenaries while the substance and effectiveness of the U.S. military is continually chipped away and reduced.

It’s a scam being perpetrated on U.S. citizens to say that Corporate mercenaries are the only security entity capable of protecting diplomats. If that’s the case it’s because the civilian leaders in lockstep with the purveyors of mercenaries have decided that it should be so. It doesn’t have to be that way and it shouldn’t be. It may be true right now that the mercs can do a better job than our own military but that represents a huge failure, not a success and it’s a glaring weakness, not a strength, that our own military isn’t capable of such important work.

“War” in Iraq = Corporate welfare.

]]> By: piltdown http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954580 piltdown Sat, 10 May 2008 22:15:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954580 "destroyed five IED’s himself,” Settle said. “That means he saved up to 40 lives, since each one kills about four or five people.”" Heh, military math.... “destroyed five IED’s himself,” Settle said. “That means he saved up to 40 lives, since each one kills about four or five people.””

Heh, military math….

]]> By: singe_101 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954578 singe_101 Sat, 10 May 2008 22:10:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954578 gooderservice Says: May 10th, 2008 at 5:53 pm Sure, there is. The reason they can't learn that is because that would shorten the conflict and opportunity for contracts like this. An ongoing war means more money for some entities. They spend our tax money (contracts) as much as they can and get paid for it (cost-plus), while avoiding taxes. It's also good for high oil prices. gooderservice Says: May 10th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

Sure, there is. The reason they can’t learn that is because that would shorten the conflict and opportunity for contracts like this.

An ongoing war means more money for some entities. They spend our tax money (contracts) as much as they can and get paid for it (cost-plus), while avoiding taxes.

It’s also good for high oil prices.

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954576 sacopenapa Sat, 10 May 2008 22:10:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954576 <strong> <blockquote>FREE IRAQ NOW!</blockquote> </strong>

FREE IRAQ NOW!

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954574 dixie blood Sat, 10 May 2008 22:09:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954574 <b>Whadda ya s'pect from the worst Sec. of State ever? And a loser in so many ways. And a war criminal too!!!</b> Whadda ya s’pect from the worst Sec. of State ever? And a loser in so many ways. And a war criminal too!!!

]]> By: Exit Stage Left http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954572 Exit Stage Left Sat, 10 May 2008 22:06:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954572 <em>State Department renews Blackwater’s Iraq contract ‘for at least another year.’</em> They could call it the <strong>"Extended Iraqi Life Expectancy Initiative"</strong>. State Department renews Blackwater’s Iraq contract ‘for at least another year.’

They could call it the “Extended Iraqi Life Expectancy Initiative”.

]]> By: gooderservice http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954566 gooderservice Sat, 10 May 2008 21:53:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954566 <blockquote>“If the contractors were removed, we would have to leave Iraq.”</blockquote> He says that like it's a bad thing. I can't get Army Pvt. Corey L. <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/8/10386/76484/888/511690" rel="nofollow">Hicks </a>, age 22, out of my mind. He joined the Army less than a year ago, ready to fulfill a dream, Settle said. <blockquote>"We talked to his commanding officer and he told us that the day he died he personally destroyed five IED's himself," Settle said. "That means he saved up to 40 lives, since each one kills about four or five people."</blockquote> If he can be trained in less than a year to fight and die for the Iraqis, there's no reason why the Iraqis can't learn to fight for themselves in 5 years.

“If the contractors were removed, we would have to leave Iraq.”

He says that like it’s a bad thing.

I can’t get Army Pvt. Corey L. Hicks , age 22, out of my mind.

He joined the Army less than a year ago, ready to fulfill a dream, Settle said.

“We talked to his commanding officer and he told us that the day he died he personally destroyed five IED’s himself,” Settle said. “That means he saved up to 40 lives, since each one kills about four or five people.”

If he can be trained in less than a year to fight and die for the Iraqis, there’s no reason why the Iraqis can’t learn to fight for themselves in 5 years.

]]> By: WaltTheMan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954564 WaltTheMan Sat, 10 May 2008 21:53:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954564 Chuck Feney, Every Embassey that I have visited across the world had a US Marine guard. That was in the 80's and only involved Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. Some had two. Seems that two or fewer Marines are more effective then 80 or so Black Water types. Chuck Feney,
Every Embassey that I have visited across the world had a US Marine guard. That was in the 80’s and only involved Europe, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. Some had two. Seems that two or fewer Marines are more effective then 80 or so Black Water types.

]]> By: Crusty Old Bastard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954562 Crusty Old Bastard Sat, 10 May 2008 21:51:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954562 Chuck Feney Says: "Our military is no longer capable of protecting diplomats?" Chuck, it is not a question of protecting anyone. It is a question of religious equality. You see, the Terrists are rewarded with a number of virgins in Heaven if they are killed in battle. The Blackwater scumbags are promised a free rape of their female fellow employees to equal the incentive. It wouldn't do to offer the Marines the same incentive because the women marines would cut the balls off of any young stud Marine that even harbored such a thought. Chuck Feney Says:

“Our military is no longer capable of protecting diplomats?”

Chuck, it is not a question of protecting anyone. It is a question of religious equality. You see, the Terrists are rewarded with a number of virgins in Heaven if they are killed in battle. The Blackwater scumbags are promised a free rape of their female fellow employees to equal the incentive. It wouldn’t do to offer the Marines the same incentive because the women marines would cut the balls off of any young stud Marine that even harbored such a thought.

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954560 sacopenapa Sat, 10 May 2008 21:49:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954560 Blackwater is only one of the many contractor of the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afegahnistan... They are WAR CRIMINALS. They deserve to be target in both countries for their atrocities. Occupiers are a legitimate target! Blackwater is only one of the many contractor of the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afegahnistan… They are WAR CRIMINALS. They deserve to be target in both countries for their atrocities. Occupiers are a legitimate target!

]]> By: zhoward http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954558 zhoward Sat, 10 May 2008 21:47:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954558 Leaving Iraq now is a good choice. Leaving Iraq now is a good choice.

]]> By: Crusty Old Bastard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/comment-page-1/#comment-4954554 Crusty Old Bastard Sat, 10 May 2008 21:45:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/10/state-department-renews-blackwaters-iraq-contract-for-at-least-another-year/#comment-4954554 “If the contractors were removed, we would have to leave Iraq.” Sounds like a plan to me! “If the contractors were removed, we would have to leave Iraq.”

Sounds like a plan to me!

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