Comments on: Being Blackwater means never having to say you’re sorry…Condi will do that for you… http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/ Think - it ain't illegal yet... Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:47:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Scholars and Rogues » Family and friends, Blackwater and the Bush way… http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-8421 Scholars and Rogues » Family and friends, Blackwater and the Bush way… Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:54:06 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-8421 [...] USA, making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Because of this he has used his position to provide cover for those who would turn the United States into their own personal ATM’s. Until absolutely [...] [...] USA, making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Because of this he has used his position to provide cover for those who would turn the United States into their own personal ATM’s. Until absolutely [...]

]]> By: Blackwater P.R. campaign: “we use assault weapons for assault, as God intended…” « Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 Blackwater P.R. campaign: “we use assault weapons for assault, as God intended…” « Scholars and Rogues Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:42:37 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-2707 [...] it is with that misunderstood force for security and protection, Blackwater, USA. Just because a private company gets over one billion dollars in non-competitive [...] [...] it is with that misunderstood force for security and protection, Blackwater, USA. Just because a private company gets over one billion dollars in non-competitive [...]

]]> By: Blackwater: gettin’ rich while the troops try dyin’ « Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2708 Blackwater: gettin’ rich while the troops try dyin’ « Scholars and Rogues Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:40:02 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-2708 [...] revoke their contractor license and expel them from the country. They just kept their own counsel, had Condi Rice apologize for them, and now they’re back doing what they do best - running amok in Iraq while being paid [...] [...] revoke their contractor license and expel them from the country. They just kept their own counsel, had Condi Rice apologize for them, and now they’re back doing what they do best – running amok in Iraq while being paid [...]

]]> By: NRG Energy files the first nuclear power building permit since 1978 « Scholars and Rogues http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2706 NRG Energy files the first nuclear power building permit since 1978 « Scholars and Rogues Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:59:49 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-2706 [...] an unrelated note, though - I don’t see an exclusion in the FAIR Act of 1998 for the protection of State Department officials by Blackwater mercenaries. Last I heard security wasn’t a “ministerial and [...] [...] an unrelated note, though – I don’t see an exclusion in the FAIR Act of 1998 for the protection of State Department officials by Blackwater mercenaries. Last I heard security wasn’t a “ministerial and [...]

]]> By: wickle http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2704 wickle Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:03:02 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-2704 There is, of course, no excuse for Blackwater. Nor is there any excuse for the DoD hiring Blackwater to do its job. They do it so that they can hide the numbers of troops over there (by counting only military, not mercenaries). This, though, gives the mercenaries legal cover. If Iraq is, in fact, a sovereign nation as our President says it is, then we should respect their laws. If they want Blackwater out because they don't trust it, it should go. I'm not holding my breath. There is, of course, no excuse for Blackwater. Nor is there any excuse for the DoD hiring Blackwater to do its job.

They do it so that they can hide the numbers of troops over there (by counting only military, not mercenaries). This, though, gives the mercenaries legal cover.

If Iraq is, in fact, a sovereign nation as our President says it is, then we should respect their laws. If they want Blackwater out because they don’t trust it, it should go.

I’m not holding my breath.

]]> By: Brian Angliss http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/20/being-blackwater-means-never-having-to-say-youre-sorrycondi-will-do-that-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2705 Brian Angliss Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:29:46 +0000 http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/?p=380#comment-2705 Jim, in your <a href="http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/17/iraqi-government-pulls-blackwaters-licensefor-now-anywaynow-what-to-do-with-all-that-firepower/" rel="nofollow">original post on Blackwater having it's license yanked</a>, I commented that <a href="http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2007/09/17/iraqi-government-pulls-blackwaters-licensefor-now-anywaynow-what-to-do-with-all-that-firepower/#comment-10188" rel="nofollow">the Iraqi government should update the Iraqi laws granting these mercenaries legal immunity.</a> <blockquote>If the Iraqi government can Jim, in your original post on Blackwater having it’s license yanked, I commented that the Iraqi government should update the Iraqi laws granting these mercenaries legal immunity.

If the Iraqi government can

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