This is just another item of a long list of why Bush/Cheney will be remember as the worst President/Vice President in the history of the nation.

The damage done by Bush should bring tears to the eyes of all Americans, except I suppose, the Christian Right - they have the Supreme Court they wanted.

It just concerns me that all of the sudden the government is going to start pointing fingers at one company in Iraq. Not one of those companies should be there and the U.S. should bring their people home. Why is it that we can isolate and make one company a scape goat for the wrongs that our government has done. Not only this we call it a War and then we are talking of how innocent victims in the war are not being compensated, since when did we start handing out money in a war to compensate war victims, and if we hand out to one what precident are we setting, who decides how much each person or family gets. The United States is in the wrong and we need to hold our heads up high and pull our selves together. we need to get out of Iraq, Impeach those up on Capital Hill and bring our country back where it belongs.

It's amazing how quick people are to become hangmen when they were not there to see what happened. Have any of you actually read a conclusive report by the officials investigating this matter that actually damns Blackwater for their actions most recently? Do you have any idea of what the rules of force are? Do you know that the DOS decides what those rules are for their protection contracts? Do you also know that those "unprovoked" shootings reported are actually almost guaranteed to be defensive in nature and well within those Rules for the Use of Force?
And what does the current Executive branch have to do with the deaths of some people in Iraq?

Had Enough..... how would you know what the Iraqis would do? Have you been to Iraq? Do you know any Iraqis?

so called weapons of mass destruction.
John..... You have no idea.
This is public knowledge.

Components to assemble COMPLETE Scuds with chemical warheads, AND the agents necessary, were found in sites all over Iraq. However, due to the fact that they were not assembled, rather stored separately in warehouses, they were not allowed to be labeled weapons of mass destruction.

Elementary, my boy!
Do some research.

Why aren't the Marines doing their job? After all, it is THEIR job!

As a Former Marine Infantryman, I will be the first to tell you that you are clueless. DDMs (look it up) are in use all over Iraq for force protection. Marines are OFFENSIVE in nature, not defensive. If there is a contracted sniper securing a compound, he is allowing the USMC to field yet another highly trained Marine to the streets. Not ever having been a Marine(obviously) what do you know of the role of the Marine Corps?

Is there no end to the incompetence of this administration? Every single day...another revelation. Usually, in most administrations, the incompetence is spread out...maybe a lie or scandal surfacing once every few months. But this administration has made incompetence a way of life. Who elected these idiots, anyway?

"we need to get out of Iraq, Impeach those up on Capital Hill and bring our country back where it belongs"
America Rights.

That's the brightest idea I have read today! You are right, let's bring 'em home. Are you ready for Iraq to become the world's best training ground for terrorists worldwide? What will you do when those angry guys come to your area? You will pray for someone to pick up a rifle and fight for you. Someone has to do it, might as well be a soldier, right? Or did you forget that you have the right to bear arms? Would you take up arms and fight in the streets of the US to save your family? I hope so. Because if someone takes your advice, that's what will happen. You won't be so quick to damn the men who bear arms, and are ready to defend our country's interests.

Williamwfh: Your comment is wildly contradicting.

"Just go to You Tube and watch them being used as snipers"
Cantcu

Yep, they are. Would you rather a suicide-bomber be allowed to get close enough to utilize his explosives on the poor guys at the gates?

Okay, sure, go check out the video. You will see a hairy-faced guy with a sniper rifle aggressively engaging the enemy, right? Make sure you research the rest of the findings on that video.
In particular that that video was taken completely out of context, and considering the DEFENSIVE nature of that man's actions, he was well within the Rules for the Use of Force. This is public information, and is easily found.
Look before you speak!

"...made America less secure because their random madness and mayhem is the best jihadist recruiting tool ever devised. Their assault on our constitutional rights are unprecedented..."
Phil P.

Then go enlist and do your share to protect our constitutional rights and our way of life. By the way, what do you know of opinions in the middle east? Have you walked the streets here polling for opinion?

And still the Republicans support them.

How can we fight terrorism when we ARE the operational terrorists in Iraq?

It is appalling that the Bush administration continues to engage in illegal and immoral activities while Congress is content to hold hearings that do little but divulge further skulduggery. Our governmental processes have become a travesty, we are enmeshed in a senseless war without end, and the American public is apathetic and/or clueless. Pay attention to the few individuals who know what they're talking about and have the guts to tell it like it is- Joe Biden & John Edwards...Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert.

The Bush Admin lied to get us into this war, and nothing good has come out if it. Karma perhaps?! It is time to go.
Believe it or not the Iraqi people will survive without us. We have done enough damage to the country and it's people. As for Bush and Cheney they should be hauled before Congress, it is time to put Impeachment back on the table, are you listening Madame Speaker?

Oh...forgot Keith Olbermann!

"How can we fight terrorism when we ARE the operational terrorists in Iraq?"
Jim
Jim, are you a terrorist? If so, what are your contributions to the global effort, and where can the CIA or FBI locate you? Are you in Iraq, Jim? I am, and I am not a terrorist. I am a prior-US military contractor, and I am authorized to carry weapons here. And you better believe I do, Jim. And I am not a security-contractor "mercenary", Jim. And I am not liberal, Jim. I resent being called a terrorist. Have you fought for your country, Jim? I don't think you have, Jim. Yet you say Americans are terrorists? Were the people jumping out of the WTC buildings terrorists, Jim? The only reason you had the right to post that garbage is because of men like me, who stand ready to visit violence on those who would deny you your right to free speech or air-conditioning, Jim. I am fully-operational, Jim. I think before I speak, Jim. How about you?

Okay, who's the genius that spent a sleepness night coming up with that obvious tidbit?

Believe it or not the Iraqi people will survive without us. We have done enough damage to the country and it's people.

Will they? When we pull out, there will be a power vacuum that will only bring out another Saddam. Are you aware that the current Iraqi government majority are not Iraqis? And that most Iraqis despise their current leadership? That is not stopping them from organizing militias and fighting insurgents, as well as malevolent militias, such as the Sadr or Mahdi militias. But you wouldn't know anything about that. Do you know that we are training every operational aspect of their ministries (with contractors and military, I might add), as well as their army? We invaded, ousted Saddam (executed by Iraqis), and now are obligated to help them back on their feet. More to follow in the next brief post.

I'm getting frustrated with the whole status quo in Washington. The Democrats know how ticked off we are getting and are stone-walling any compromise initiatives to break loose the grid-lock. They are depending on us to be so mad that we vote the Dem across the board giving them the WH, Senate, and the House. Then they are going to be just as uncompromising as the Repubs have been (2000 - 2006). What do think they will use that power to accomplish. Pork at the tax payers expense to pay back their big contributors. Increases in taxes rather than reductions in spending. More of the same criminal mind set on the world stage.