Malaki is a front man for the Shia and Iran.
He wants the sectarian violence as long as it benefits the Shia/Iran and everyone knows that.
He is very upset at the surges effect.. Which has been to reduce sectarian violence.
I know the method used is temporary the way it has been conducted but it real.
This whole idea of massive pay increases for “Operators is occuring right now and I can thing of few things that are more morally repugnant.
It would cost 10x or more to provide the same level of security.
The State Department has their own Security Personell and they are very good they simply need to be supplemented.
BW does a darn good job for light guys and we are fortunate to have them there. For my money they have saved countless GI’s Lives.
Finally they are almost all former GI’s or Allied first person shooters who are better that the average bear at the job because of experience, aptitude and they shoot first when confronted with danger while active US Forces have to take it on the chin first.
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My comment in #3 was rhetorical but badly written.
What I meant is that Maliki can complain all he likes about regrettable (and alleged, not proven) civilian casualities. But he is the Iraqi authority who presides over Baghdad’s chaotic and deadly security environment, and IMO it’s his fault and that of the Iraqi people that Blackwater (or any other PMC/PSC) must be used to protect the lives of consular officers on a 20 car minute car trip inside the city.
And so my also-rhetorial suggestion was to do away with the PMCs/PSCs and hire them all as DoD contract personnel. DoD would be happy to take the contract money, JSOC (or whatever) might benefit from experienced (and now well-paid) personnel, and Maliki could claim victory in ousting PMCs from Iraq.
Finally, CENTCOM might finally be forced to reconsider its insane rules-of-engagement.