Comments on: Taking Blackwater to Task http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:50:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Maddy http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1249352 Maddy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:56:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1249352 <p>Monday morning been up for a while couldn’t sleep reading everything.</p> <p>Nuts and bolts are not my strong point but this I know<br /> There are more of us than those provincially minded pukes that think they can run our country into the ground and the gorge is rising high enough to choke even those who fucking sleep walk through life.<br /> Goddamn I am mad.</p> Monday morning been up for a while couldn’t sleep reading everything.

Nuts and bolts are not my strong point but this I know
There are more of us than those provincially minded pukes that think they can run our country into the ground and the gorge is rising high enough to choke even those who fucking sleep walk through life.
Goddamn I am mad.

]]> By: cstalberg http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1249193 cstalberg Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:33:44 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1249193 <p><a href="http://blackwaterwatch.net" rel="nofollow">Blackwater Watch</a> was formed in 2007 as a spin off of North Carolina Stop Torture Now . Headquartered in North Carolina, <a href="http://blackwaterwatch.net" rel="nofollow">Blackwater Watch</a> seeks to shine a light on Blackwater USA specifically, and private armies/mercenaries generally, with respect to their human rights violations, absence of accountability and their profiteering at the expense of, and lobbying for, war and conflict. <a href="http://blackwaterwatch.net" rel="nofollow">Blackwater Watch</a> represents a growing contingent of concerned individuals and groups including, but not limited to, human rights and peace activists, people of faith, civil libertarians, and veterans. Visit us today!</p> Blackwater Watch was formed in 2007 as a spin off of North Carolina Stop Torture Now . Headquartered in North Carolina, Blackwater Watch seeks to shine a light on Blackwater USA specifically, and private armies/mercenaries generally, with respect to their human rights violations, absence of accountability and their profiteering at the expense of, and lobbying for, war and conflict. Blackwater Watch represents a growing contingent of concerned individuals and groups including, but not limited to, human rights and peace activists, people of faith, civil libertarians, and veterans. Visit us today!

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248808 RonD Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:09:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248808 <p>Yep. Private militias, whose first priority is their own survival and growth.</p> Yep. Private militias, whose first priority is their own survival and growth.

]]> By: TLinGA http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248725 TLinGA Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:31:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248725 <blockquote><p>Do you suppose there is any way to establish a set of criteria for what constitutes a military organization, and require any company thus described to be under the UCMJ, perhaps? I know the rise of a private militia-excuse, me, military companies in this country troubles me deeply.</p></blockquote> <p>Go ahead and call them what they really are, paramilitary groups.</p>

Do you suppose there is any way to establish a set of criteria for what constitutes a military organization, and require any company thus described to be under the UCMJ, perhaps? I know the rise of a private militia-excuse, me, military companies in this country troubles me deeply.

Go ahead and call them what they really are, paramilitary groups.

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248668 RonD Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:10:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248668 <p>I don’t know…if it hasn’t already, though, it won’t be long. The combination of private intelligence agencies, covert-action units, and overt military action complexes should be terrifying for any peace-, justice-, and freedom-loving person in this country. IMHO.</p> I don’t know…if it hasn’t already, though, it won’t be long. The combination of private intelligence agencies, covert-action units, and overt military action complexes should be terrifying for any peace-, justice-, and freedom-loving person in this country. IMHO.

]]> By: TeddySanFran http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248659 TeddySanFran Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:07:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248659 <p>Why do you think this isn’t happening already?</p> Why do you think this isn’t happening already?

]]> By: RonD http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248657 RonD Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:07:04 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248657 <p>Siun, now that the game is over, I’m kind of liking YOUR thread.</p> Siun, now that the game is over, I’m kind of liking YOUR thread.

]]> By: Loo Hoo. http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248652 Loo Hoo. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:04:52 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248652 <p>No, not at all. Issa is a corporate entity.</p> No, not at all. Issa is a corporate entity.

]]> By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248650 Siun Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:04:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248650 <p>Teddy’s upstairs with another great Teddy post!</p> Teddy’s upstairs with another great Teddy post!

]]> By: Siun http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248648 Siun Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:04:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/03/taking-blackwater-to-task/#comment-1248648 <p>That’s a very good idea. From the articles I’ve seen, there’s considerable resistance to prosecuting them in military courts - and given the lack of justice seen recently in military courts (thinking of Haditha) I’m not completely convinced … but we clearly need a structure that brings accountbility.</p> That’s a very good idea. From the articles I’ve seen, there’s considerable resistance to prosecuting them in military courts – and given the lack of justice seen recently in military courts (thinking of Haditha) I’m not completely convinced … but we clearly need a structure that brings accountbility.

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