Thanks Brian. Good job! Thanks for continuing to help the enemy.

Just by looking at the picture one can tell that these Mercenaries and Egomaniacs with little ability to actually perform their "missions". They're out there for the money and the Macho Adrenaline Rush.....and so they can go back home and barg in bars to their buddies.....social losers.

Blackwater is a mercenary organization. The "employees" are motivated by money and nothing else. These guys are not humanitarians. A Blackwater mercenary can make in a month what a US soldier can make in a year.
So di we expect a higher standard of conduct from the Blackwater folks in Iraq??

Agreed Jim. Aimed shots work as the ideal. Let's let the media continue to report this story as if the employees
were not protecting OUR OWN GOVERNMENT (State Department). Then the military
tries to portray them as some sort of cow-boys. Rediculous of course.

Iraqis aren't my enemies but Blackwater USA very likely are.

"fire only aimed shots" - how fine! If we could just get street gangs in the U.S. to follow such a rule it would solve everything, wouldn't it? Who thinks up stupid rules like this, anyway... Dick Cheney?

nice note james. The problem may be you see the Iraq citizens that were killed as 'the enemy'. I think you missed your kool aid.

I love the coverage. Great job!
Sean

Jim, these men are in another peoples country as private contractors. A country which the United States "liberated" from Saddam Hussien, for lack of a better excuse. They have killed people, real flesh and blood people. This is part of the problem when we attack a nation which did not attack us. Our forces are limited in what they can an cannot do. Are the Iraqis free to manage their own country, or are we their masters? Ask yourself these questions.

Posted by: jim jones.............
Thanks Brian. Good job! Thanks for continuing to help the enemy.......
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Your name says it all, Jim...Why don't drink some coolaid.

Jim Jones is incorrect. We can't have 'cowboy' mercenaries running amuck in other countries. Things are bad enough without this sort of activity. I've seen video of these so-called "security" advisors spraying indiscriminately at drivers while driving the streets of Iraq. Let's keep them as honest as we can.

" I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six." - Ice Cube

It took this long to figure out that bush has his friends running Iraq, with these no bid contracts. This was bound to happen. Get out of this lie of a war.

Thank you, Brian, for bringing the truth to light.
As to the previous post... Well, they just found young Nazis in Israel of all places. US is not immune to Nazi thinking, I guess.

as soon as the mercs started showing up in iraq, i new we were had. anytime a nation trys to contract out its wars, its lost before it evens starts. it is considered immoral to profit from combat. it is a form of war profiteering and not an honorable way to meet on the field of battle. a nation sends its citizen patriots into battle, not its contractors.

Makes you wonder why those preparing the rules of engagement found it necessary to include a rule to aim before firing. I was taught that by my father when I was about 10 years when I first held and shot a gun.

yeah right, jim...whatever you say...

how do you military savy people think that our government employees should be protected. By the army? You may not like it but there are very few alternatives. I know some of the boys doing this job and I know some of the boys working in the Army and from my experience they do exactly what the US government wants them to do. The Army has neither the manpower or the expertise to provide the service the these contractors do. If you can do a better job, try to get in. You may be surprised how highly qualified these men are.

It's a WAR people! Get over it!

"This is part of the problem when we attack a nation which did not attack us."
Don (The Genius) Neuman

Hey Donny, we (most of the world)drove Saddam out of Kuwait after he marched in there and took the country just because he felt like it. Part of his surrender agreement was the no fly zones. He then proceeded to fire at our planes many, many times. This alone serves as an attack.

Your pals Kennedy, Kerry and Clinton all said he was developing WMD's in 1998 and that he needed to be taken out. Now, when they think it will help them politically, they change their tunes. No principles. No character. No belief in anything but the great vision of a socialist America with them at the helm.

At least study the issues before you respond for hundreds (probably a high estimate)to read. Remember, it is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Oh and Tombob, you cannot judge the character of those men by the picture above, BUT one can judge YOUR character by the comments that you post...childish and assuming...

Putting her on full auto and moving her right to left and back isn't "pray and spray". Its "playing typewriter".

When are we going to quit listening to the liberals and let our forces fight this war. People forget this is a WAR and war isn't pretty. As long as we put restraints on our troops as to the rules of engagement we are never going to get our part of this war over with and our troops home. I praise Blackwater, no one seems to remember our special forces and recon troops in Vietnam, but I remember the marines you didn't mess with, they were dirty, smelly and carried wires on their cartridge belts with ears showing the number of kills. We train our young men and women to kill and not be killed then we asked them to go over to Iraq and fight with one arm tied behind their backs (just like Vietnam). Let Blackwater alone and let them provide the protection to our contractors and anyone else they can help. I only wish I could help them out. What would General Patton say about this situation? I'm sure he would be done with Iraq by now and on to Iran and Pakastan. Its either now or later

Ken,

I don't believe that it is up to us to "let Blackwater alone." That decision rests with the Iraqi government, and I believe they have determined that Blackwater needs to go. Now, if you believe that the "sovreign nation" of Iraq is only sovreign so long as they do what we want them to do, then you negate everything this war was supposedly fought for (At least the "second" everything. I think the "first" everything was WMD, but with Bush I just get so confused!)

First of all... I can't take anyone seriously that can't edit what they type. Like speach reflects quality of thought, so does written word. So that rules out quite a few posts from the start. Punctuation and Spelling is your friend. If you aren't intelligent enough to convey your thoughts adequately then you have no business posting in a public forum.

I do not think that Blackwater USA is a band of petty mercenaries. To even get into the program you have to show proficiency with firearms. You don't get recruited--you go to them and you PAY to show them what you can do. If you fail a test you pay to retake it, just like Computer certifications. They don't just put joe-blo from the street behind a fully automatic weapon. Police Officers and prior military are the majority of who go there. These people have put themselves in harm's way again--almost all of them have served their country in some capacity. Our military isn't compensated adequately--an E-5 in the military, (single income family) with two dependants, wife and one child; that E-5 QUALIFIES FOR FOOD STAMPS. I was there. I was an E-5 supporting four. I left the military due to an injury, and I wish I was still there, but I don't complain about the pay differences.

They aren't egomaniacs, they aren't adrenaline junkies... They want to take of their families and make a difference just like they did during their time active duty.

Someone made a bad decision. It could have been a US Service Member just as easily. If they broke the law under which they are allowed to operate then prosecute the offenders. Blackwater USA is not liable in my opinion.

Honestly I was offered a job in Iraq recently. I could make 4x what I did in the USN per year as an E-6. First thing I asked was if I would be armed. The answer was "no". So was mine. If I was attacked, I would want to be able to defend myself. That is a warzone. The insurgents don't follow our "rules". Those guys are in danger all the time, I don't know the details but I can't say that I would have reacted differently with a bomb going off and someone shooting at me.

If you haven't been in that situation you certainly can't judge.
Just my .02