TPMtv: Military Contractors D.C. Powwow

[ApacheSk]

It Is Blood Money!!!!!!

[bodah44]

another great report. the reporter was just the right side of polite and asked some clever questions getting some good answers. good work TPM!

[baskil]

Those were some pointed questions. That was a fascinating insight.

[puretroubleman]

Any chance you can post these documents up here?

[dafttool]

My thoughts exactly. Mercenaries and military contractors holding a peace conference?!! These are the same oxymorons that name weapons of mass destruction peacekeeper missles.

[AdamJBernier]

So basically they're saying that their code of ethics is built upon the honor system . . . which is inherently built upon a code of ethics.

[voiyour]

This is the result of a do-nothing congress and freeforall administration. These people have no jurisdiction, but they're trying to provide some oversight, albeit without any teeth.

This is a whitewash.

[ApacheSk]

Thank You!!!!!!!!!

Apache-_-Sky

[Drstrangelove17]

It sounds good in theory, but just because there's a piece of paper that says these individuals should have a "code of ethics", these are more of a guideline than a real hard rule. And besides that, how many people in these countries know that they can file a complaint? They're probably not very vocal about these procedures for filing complaints.

[dafttool]

And it's especially hard to file complaints with a government that is not functioning (as in Iraq) against mercenaries that have blanket immunity against prosecutions (Blackwater). These are the same people that tried to pay off civilians with $5000 when $250,000 was being asked for. These are the same people bribing government officials in Iraq with OUR MONEY, just as they're "lobbying" government officials in America.

[maestrogringo]

Look at all the rich white folks! This is a nice view of what REALLY goes on behind the Iraq War, this is clearly a WAR FOR PROFIT! There's money to be made, folks, dig in!! Billions and billions up for grabs! Who wants some!?!