Official: Blackwater contract for Iraq not renewed

AP via SFGate ^ | 1/30/9 | MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer

[Slump Tester]

Diplomats are like Doritos - they'll make more.

Hopefully by May the positions should be all filled with Obama lackeys.

[DoughtyOne]

To a certain degree, I like the idea of having orgs like this to call on. I will say that I favor using troops who are under a lot more control than private groups are. I have nothing bad to say about Blackwater though.

[Badeye]

If the Hollywood elites were serious about The Sudan, and its province known as Darfur, they’d have hired Blackwater six years ago. Thousands of lives would have been saved.

Thats on George ‘In the closet’ Clooney and his jackals head as far as I’m concerned.

[dfwgator]

Diplomats are like Doritos - they'll make more.

You owe me a new keyboard...LOL!

[DoughtyOne]

Not only that, but if we had sent troops in, ole Georgie would have been damning the U.S. every step of the way. Look what happened when we tried to do the right thing in Somalia.

The left were furious that we went there. Warlords involved, what else could we do? There’s a total disconnect with folks like Clooney. We’ll always have to suffer fools like that.

[Allegra]

There are other security companies.

Good ones.

And they've been working here through the Hell Years.

[Allegra]

Probably just as well. The new SOFA has folks working over there paying local taxes, and (worst of all) providing all kinds of very personal information to a potentially hostile government.

I don't have to do either of those things. Neither does anyone else I know.

[gussiefinknottle]

plus, once you’ve sold your soul to the devil,(two for the price of one), i think
you are pretty indestructible.

[Allegra]

Hopefully by May the positions should be all filled with Obama lackeys.

Oh, they were here before the election. The Embassy is crawling with liberals. I went over there (it was the old Presidential Palace embassy then) a couple of times before the election wearing my "GO SARAH GO" T-shirt that one of the Army officers gave me just to annoy those State folks.

[Badeye]

Yes, we will.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Is ACORN replacing Blackwater?

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks. Take care Badeye.

[Badeye]

Have a great weekend, DO.

[erman]

I'm sure the Blackwater operators will look at this as a month long R&R. After the first couple of casualties, then back to work.

I remember all the state employees whining about having to pull hazardous duty..... cause they might get hurt.

[Non-Sequitur]

Political Correctness will get somebody killed.

Hey, it's not our country. If Iraq refused to grant them a license to do business then there is nothing the U.S. can do about it.

[DoughtyOne]

I will. My federal tax return was electronically deposited today. :-)

[DoughtyOne]

BTW, you too...

[Badeye]

Just in time for the Super Bowl party, eh?

timing is everything.

[DoughtyOne]

I don’t think I can drink that much, but I’ll do what I can. :-)

[Krodg]

hopefully it will be hillary! she would be a good learning curve.

Those three words should never be used in the same sentence.