Blackwater: “We’re an Extension of the Military”
Someone tell me what’s going on - and if the government is supporting Blackwater’s assertion that the company is “an extension of the military”?
The families of the four killed contractors filed suit against the company in January 2005, saying that Blackwater’s cost-cutting measures led to the deaths. That lawsuit is still pending as a federal judge tries to determine whether it should be heard in arbitration or in open court.
Blackwater has argued in court that it is immune to such a lawsuit because the company operates as an extension of the military and cannot be responsible for deaths in a war zone.
Yep. The neocons have set up their own private army, answerable to no one but government contract officials, apparently.
I wonder what the General Petraeus has to say about Blackwater’s assertion?
Pretty nifty setup for Blackwater. All the rights of a military force and none of the accountability.
Q: What do you call 10.000 dead Republicans at the bottom of the sea?
A: A good start.
Blackwater has become the BUSH-CHENEY CRIME FAMILY PALACE GUARD…And the Dems can’t and WON’T do a thing about it! Should a Dem become President, he/she doesn’t want to initiate a DRAFT to get ‘Warm Bodies’ for Fodder in Iraq EITHER. LOOK FOR MORE VIOLENCE - HOME AND ABROAD - REAL SOON. Blackwater’s SERIOUS & AMERICANS ARE STUPID!
yeah and if you don ‘t like it we have a cot at gitmo with your name on it.