Comments on: Iraqi government pulls Blackwater’s license…for now, anyway…now, what to do with all that firepower…?

By: Blackwater: gettin’ rich while the troops try dyin’ « Scholars and Rogues

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:51:06 +0000

[...] destiny” She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, even though the Iraqi “government” tried to revoke their contractor license and expel them from the country. They just kept their own counsel, had Condi Rice apologize for them, [...]

By: Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:19:26 +0000

If I were the Iraqi government, I’d convene to address this single issue – stripping away the immunities granted to contractors by the Coalition Provision Authority Order 17 and evicting Blackwater.

If the Iraqi government can’t do this one thing, we know it’s as useless as most people (and pretty much all Iraqis) think it is, and it’s time to replace it – again. But if it can, then Bush will be forced to deal with a government that has realized it truly is sovereign and either overthrow it in full view of the rest of the world or back down.

Seems like a win-win to me.

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Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:06:49 +0000

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By: Russ Wellen

Russ Wellen — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:47:34 +0000

It’s just a speed bump for Blackwater. As my Green Beret nephew was just telling me the other day, the future is private security concerns for the rich stateside, with gated communities even more so.

The US, not Iran, is the future for Blackwater.

By: Jim Booth

Jim Booth — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:18:31 +0000

The only thing I see coming from this, Mike, is trouble. Bush has allowed Prince to create an army (think about that word) of killers loyal to Prince – who’s loyal to Bush. And now they’re being sent home. And Bush has the power to declare martial law.

All we need is a “national emergency.” And guess who gets to decide what a “national emergency” is….

By: Mike Sheehan

Mike Sheehan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:10:49 +0000

In a perfect world, Waxman’s hearings would be the last straw for an irate public and impeachment hearings would commence posthaste.

By: Sam Smith

Sam Smith — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:17:55 +0000

I have precious little hope that any real action will be taken on the Blackwater front by this administration, regardless of what the Iraqis think or want. I mean, if their opinions counted there wouldn’t be ANY American operations in their country.

However, it’s VERY good news that this story is getting some play, because most Americans up until now likely had no idea that Blackwater existed or that there was a problem with it. So throw a little light on the rats, right?

What would be really interesting would be if we got our troops “redeployed” but left Blackwater there…..

By: fikshun

fikshun — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:50:40 +0000

You know it’s bad when you have to have so many links embedded in your post just to get across the full absurdity of it all. I was thinking the same thing when I saw this news this morning. How long with this actually stick? You know Blackwater is doing a bad job when Iraq would rather have them expelled and deal with having less security at a time like this.