Bush's Blackwater Scandal

erik_kosberg · #1 09-26-2007, 10:46 AM

"I appreciate the fact that outrage fatigue is inevitable when dealing with the Bush gang, but this is truly ridiculous. We have American taxpayers financing a private security army, whose members stand accused of slaughtering civilians. The Secretary of State believes no one should ask any questions about this, and those who do must be ignored. It’s pure lunacy."

Team Bush is above the law. Really, is there any other explanation?

erik_kosberg · #2 10-01-2007, 04:34 PM

U.S. Report on Blackwater Incident Written By . . . Blackwater

Well, I suppose that's one way to handle it.

erik_kosberg · #3 10-02-2007, 06:37 PM

"If Henry Waxman today wants to go to Iraq and do an investigation, Blackwater will be his support team. His protection team. Do you think he really wants to investigate directly?"

This from a wingnut Congressman rather than a member of Bush's inner circle.

erik_kosberg · #4 10-04-2007, 11:22 AM

The plot thickens:

"Some farces, it turns out, can be avoided. The FBI team traveling to Iraq at the behest of the State Department to assist in the investigation of Blackwater's September 16 shooting at Nisour Square was supposed to be guarded by... Blackwater. (Shades of Darrell Issa's threat hover over that one.) However, the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security realized yesterday that the ensuing conflict of interest would be just too egregious."

erik_kosberg · #5 10-08-2007, 11:59 AM

“deliberate murder”

When you hire mercenaries, this is the inevitable result.

erik_kosberg · #6 10-21-2007, 05:09 PM

"...if you noticed back then that these were crazy, dangerous people, you were shrill."

Ain't it the truth.

erik_kosberg · #7 10-25-2007, 04:10 PM

"...a perverted system of government."

Does crap like this surprise anybody anymore? In the Bush administration, if you screw up big time, you don't just get to keep your job, you get a promotion.

erik_kosberg · #8 10-30-2007, 11:46 AM

Bush admin. promised immunity to Blackwater

How convenient.

**pippadaisy**[$] · #9 10-30-2007, 11:49 AM

I realize that we seem to have lost OUR Constitution... any of the resident Canadians want to loan us yours?

erik_kosberg · #10 10-31-2007, 12:16 PM

"So now the full scope of the lawlessness which State Department contractors in Iraq enjoy becomes clear."

That's what happens with gangsters in charge.

erik_kosberg · #11 11-09-2007, 07:20 PM

Iraq OKs Raids on Blackwater | Danger Room from Wired.com

Quote:

This sounds like a recipe for something very ugly. The Times is reporting that "the Iraqi interior minister said Wednesday that he would authorize raids by his security forces on Western security firms to ensure that they were complying with tightened licensing requirements on guns and other weaponry, setting up the possibility of violent confrontations between the Iraqis and heavily armed Western guards."

Never a dull moment.