Comments on: What’s a Few Blackwater Contractors Among Friends? http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:08:19 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kathryn in MA http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417554 Kathryn in MA Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:19:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417554 <p><a href="#comment-417337"><em>HotFlash @<br /> 87 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p><a href="#comment-417289"><em>Eureka Springs,AR @<br /> 84 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>yesssssss thanks Steve.</p></blockquote> <p>Woohoo! And I helped!</p></blockquote> <p>major kudos to HotFlash!!</p> HotFlash @
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Eureka Springs,AR @
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yesssssss thanks Steve.

Woohoo! And I helped!

major kudos to HotFlash!!

]]> By: Matt Ortega http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417479 Matt Ortega Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:59:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417479 <p>It is important to note that the 100,000 figure does NOT include subcontractors.</p> <p>So it is more than 100,000.</p> It is important to note that the 100,000 figure does NOT include subcontractors.

So it is more than 100,000.

]]> By: presque vu http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417376 presque vu Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:43:25 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417376 <p>If it takes 5,000 troops to avenge the deaths of 4 mercs, how many are needed for 100,000?</p> <p>Seems like a good first step in irazization would be to let the Iraqi government start paying the mercs.</p> <p>The contractor issue is part and parcel with the bust-out of the US economy Jane mentioned in passing a few weeks ago. The war economy is the only thing keeping the books cooked.</p> If it takes 5,000 troops to avenge the deaths of 4 mercs, how many are needed for 100,000?

Seems like a good first step in irazization would be to let the Iraqi government start paying the mercs.

The contractor issue is part and parcel with the bust-out of the US economy Jane mentioned in passing a few weeks ago. The war economy is the only thing keeping the books cooked.

]]> By: HotFlash http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417337 HotFlash Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:11:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417337 <p><a href="#comment-417289"><em>Eureka Springs,AR @<br /> 84 </em></a></p> <blockquote><p>yesssssss thanks Steve.</p></blockquote> <p>Woohoo! And I helped!</p> Eureka Springs,AR @
84

yesssssss thanks Steve.

Woohoo! And I helped!

]]> By: DAB http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417305 DAB Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:41:59 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417305 <p>I agree-one of the most grave threats to our checks and balances is a privitized military, accountable only to a private unregulated corporation.</p> I agree-one of the most grave threats to our checks and balances is a privitized military, accountable only to a private unregulated corporation.

]]> By: Al Swearengen http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417302 Al Swearengen Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:39:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417302 <p>Nice post - I was baffled about this very same mistake myself yesterday. How does the profiteering escape the news cycle so often?</p> Nice post – I was baffled about this very same mistake myself yesterday. How does the profiteering escape the news cycle so often?

]]> By: Eureka Springs,AR http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417289 Eureka Springs,AR Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:13:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417289 <p>yesssssss thanks Steve.</p> yesssssss thanks Steve.

]]> By: Steve http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417288 Steve Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:07:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417288 <p>OT..AP calls it for Ciro</p> OT..AP calls it for Ciro

]]> By: Steve http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417286 Steve Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:05:19 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417286 <p>Henry Bonilla - Incumbent REP 14,419 46.05% 24,077 42.75%<br /> Ciro D. Rodriguez DEM 16,896 53.95% 32,243 57.25%<br /> ————— —————<br /> Total Votes Cast 31,315 56,320<br /> Precincts Reported 180 of 267 Precincts 67.42%<br /> ——————————————–</p> Henry Bonilla – Incumbent REP 14,419 46.05% 24,077 42.75%
Ciro D. Rodriguez DEM 16,896 53.95% 32,243 57.25%
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Total Votes Cast 31,315 56,320
Precincts Reported 180 of 267 Precincts 67.42%
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]]> By: punaise http://firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417261 punaise Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:32:37 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/12/12/whats-a-few-blackwater-contractors-among-friends/#comment-417261 <p>via <a href="http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_12_10_atrios_archive.html#116596732732233193">atrios</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>As Henley writes:</p> <p>The pattern has always been:</p> <p>1. Declare that we must stay in Iraq to prevent some Bad Thing from happening.</p> <p>2. Bad Thing happens anyway.</p> <p>3. Declare that we must stay in Iraq to prevent some Worse Thing from happening.</p> <p>4. Worse Thing happens anyway.</p> <p>5. Reiterate sequence.</p> <p>At no point does the “Sensible Center” consider that the previous failures implicate our ability to fulfill the new mission, which is always paradoxically grander in scale while being a retreat from previous ambitions.</p></blockquote> via atrios:

As Henley writes:

The pattern has always been:

1. Declare that we must stay in Iraq to prevent some Bad Thing from happening.

2. Bad Thing happens anyway.

3. Declare that we must stay in Iraq to prevent some Worse Thing from happening.

4. Worse Thing happens anyway.

5. Reiterate sequence.

At no point does the “Sensible Center” consider that the previous failures implicate our ability to fulfill the new mission, which is always paradoxically grander in scale while being a retreat from previous ambitions.

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