Things I can't believe people said.
The New York Times had a piece about the Blackwater mercenaries who are contracted to provide security in Iraq describing a shooting by one of the mercs, who was described as being very drunk.
Here is an excerpt:
"The acting ambassador at the United States Embassy in Baghdad suggested that Blackwater apologize for the shooting and pay the dead Iraqi man’s family $250,000, lest the Iraqi government bar Blackwater from working there, the report said. Blackwater eventually paid the family $15,000, according to the report, after an embassy diplomatic security official complained that the 'crazy sums' proposed by the ambassador could encourage Iraqis to try to 'get killed by our guys to financially guarantee their family’s future.'"
Unbelievable.
Who thought privatizing the war was a good idea?
Lee M. Friedman · October 17, 2007 11:32 PM
Gee, giving an Iraqui $250,000.00 would be like giving us $25M! I would think that Blackwater has done much more good than harm in Iraq! If the war wasn't a political hornets nest nothing would become of what they were responsible for I'm sure regardless of how terrible it is to take an innocent life. They are in a war zone please remember where anything can happen and you don't know who is a human bomb standing next to you!
I feel sorry for all the people they must protect! Who would want to be there to work because it's a " good cause?" LOL! There will never be stability in that entire region no matter what unless Allah shows up and tells them to behave like humans himself! I find it hard to believe that we won't get sucked into Syria and Iran while we have troops in the arena! Got to level that nuke plant before every terrorist has a nuke labeled " Made in Iran!"