If you thought about it for fifteen minutes you could see that introducing heavily-armed unaccountable mercenaries into a combat zone where you were trying to conduct a delicate counterinsurgency mission was a bad idea. But according to The Washington Post, the Bush administration even got repeated and specific warnings that the Blackwater situation was out of hand. At which point, naturally, they did nothing.
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24 Dec 2007 09:51 am
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Well, nothing IS what they do best. At least they're playing to their strengths.
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Heads in the Sand
What do you mean, "out of hand"?
Blackwater is a Christianist organization that contributes heavily to the Republican Party, and they're making money hand over fist. Plus, they're getting a lot of combat experience that will be useful not only internationally, but domestically.
We need to stop thinking of the Iraq war as having strategic aims that have anything to do with the good of the country, and start thinking of it as a gigantic and extremely profitable experiment in Movement Conservative social engineering (much as New Orleans after Katrina has been, although on a smaller scale).
No government? Check.
No functioning Constitution? Check.
No rule of law? Check.
Plenty of privatization? Check.
Billions stolen by Republicans and Christianists? Check.
Useful tool at election time? Check.
Where's the downside here?
Posted by lambert strether | December 24, 2007 10:44 AM