I was an enlisted soldier, sargent , then became an officer. I dont see how a nation can survive and truly be free with killings for money. The destruction of life is coming to America by the law of sowing and reaping, karma, or simple pragmatism. No nation can survive murdering. Sure it usually starts by killing the "enemy" , but usually the chickens come home to roost.
you say 3/4 of a million iraqi's have died, but you failed to specify how many of those were unarmed civilians and how many of those were Ak-47 weilding taliban, Al-Qaeda, shi'ite, or some other group of people wishing to cause harm to anyone who does not want to live under muslim doctrine...
Jeremy Scahill I believe in what you are talking about. There are few that can argue that there is a private army rivaling that of the United States Army (the most powerful the world has ever seen). The fact is that you are very ill informed about what is going on over there. Civilians are not the target of military contractors. The facts are out there and what you are saying is not totally true. The USA is a military state brewed from the best war genetic pool on the planet.
It's also funny because when I went over there the only people that didnt want you there were the few terrorist gangs trying to kill the innocent Iraqi people we are trying to protect.
@mrmactknife why dont you stick your head up his ass and see how much bull shit hes saying. Blackwater has put jobs out there for people when the solders come back and dont want to go back to work for the pay there making who do you think is there giving them a job when no one else is. Not only that but just think about this there are man and women in blackwater doing the same thing the solders are doing over there... FIGHTING YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!!
@MrLasVegas101 What's your problem? All I said was that Mr Scahill was a good speaker. I said nothing about at about Blackwater, and I most certainly did not say anything degrogatory about soldiers, I have the upmost respect for all millitary personel. Most of my friends are ex, or serving millitary, and if it wasnt for an eyesight problem, i would of been a soldier myself, so you better wind your neck in!
@mrmactknife why don't you stick your head up his ass and see how much bull shit hes saying. Blackwater has put jobs out there for people when the solders come back and dont want to go back to work for the pay there making who do you think is there giving them a job when no one else is. Not only that but just think about this there are man and women in blackwater doing the same thing the solders are doing over there... FIGHTING YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!!
U can pull every American solider out of Iraq, Afghan. and every country in the world where the American liberal does not want us. but then, the evil that is left behind will go out and kill 1000s of innocent people daily. Cutting their heads off, hanging them, U name it. THEN WHAT? Will U report on those victims when it isn’t done by our hand? Liberals always act like they care what happens to foreign innocents but what about when we’re not there. U wont report on it cause it doesnt affectU!
@cadetljr4 What a load of hogwash. Fantasy excuses for killing innocent people. U.S. Imperialism is indefensible and making up second grade stories doesn't fool anyone except maybe you, fool.
Like Like Like ,Down with NEW WORLD ODOUR,BUSH ,CHENEY,B-LIAR,IS-RA-HELLS LEADERS should BE TRIED AND EXECUTED FOR WAR CRIMES AND MURDER,ALSO MURDER OF 3000 OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS ,COME ON FOLKS WAKEY WAKEY !!!!!!911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB AND SO WAS 7/7 murdering scum fucks
Wow, I am amazed at how compelling this speech is. I think a lot of people in America need to see this video. Everyone walks around like zombies carrying on normal life like nothing is even happening to the people over there! Please keep up the good work Mr. Scahill.
Most of the "troops" complaining about the war don't even have combat arms jobs... I don't know one infantryman in the army or the marine corp that whines about his job or that doesn't want to finish the operations in the middle East. I do however know MPs, human resource specialists, and the like, who have never seen combat and complain about the us presence in the middle East... I think, they shouldn't have joined up.
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you should ask your mum how articulate i am.... the filth i can talk while im pounding her tight asshole could shame the devil!!! yee haa, fuck me like my son fucks Mr Scahill daddy, see, i even make her articulate when she takes the dick!!!
excellent - we need more people like this standing up and speaking out on the reality of what is happening in Iraq and in the name of Americans all over the world.
Why the US government decided to hire these mercenaries? Because the regular arm forces lack the headcount? No. Because they don't have the hardware? No. Because these mercs flly under the radar? Yes.
Red flag should go up when public servants seek to avoid the laws they were elected or appointed to uphold and protect.
3/28/09 4991 US troops are now casualties of these wars. That does not include the men and women that are comming home with conditions that will effect them for the rest of thier lives. In WWII the Navy SeeBees could throw together a quality base in a very limited amount of time and only earned the regular soilders wage. So why the fuck are we paying military contractors 6 figure salarys for the same jobs? Apparently some people need to watch the IKE military industrial complex speech. wake up!
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Blackwater is a legit merc army, they have the right to shoot to defend, if u were there, you would of pulled the trigger too out of fear of death, so shut the fuck up..and stop complaining, if u dont like them tough shit cuz their fighting for u, and they enjoy it, u want to go there and make things right? go ahead u will be killed by these iraqi's ur defending
Mercenaries are unconstitutional. Mercenaries maybe used if the government declares martial law. They are already being used in New Orleans since the aftrmath of Katrina. I don't think Obama has changed that. They don't fall under posse comatious laws. (mispell) So you should read the constitiion!!!
The government used privateers during the war of 1812. Aren't they Mercenaries? Letters of Marque and Reprisal I believe is the term. Mercenary armies make me nervous but I don't know that using them is against our constitution. Certainly an interesting question.
What are you talking about? You have obviously never had any courses in law or logic. The US government using Mercs may indeed be against the law. I was asking which ones if any. There are hundreds of PMC's like Blackwater and many people who would like to shut them down. No one has brought any legal actions to do so. I am guessing that they are not breaking any US laws otherwise the justice dept would try. Members of the US Military get paid and get other benefits as well.
MMonGameWalkthroughs, first, there is nothing legitimate about a mercenary army. If they were a legitimate institution, there should be a level of transparency within their organization; we should be able to vote about their fate, and that mercenary group should be subject to the same legal restrictions that bind our military. Second, they are not fighting for me. They are fighting for corporate interest. Plain and simple.
MMonGameWalkthroughs, first, there is nothing legitimate about a mercenary army. If they were a legitimate institution, there should be a level of transparency within their organization; we should be able to vote about their fate, and that mercenary group should be subject to the same legal restrictions that bind our military. Second, they are not fighting for me. They are fighting for corporate interest. Plain and simple.
They aren't fighting for you, or me. They are fighting for money. Killing for money. Thats the same as a hitman. That is a crime in America. If you stopped paying them they wouldnt do it. The military personel dont hardly get paid anything. I only made $1400 a month in the navy. So don't act like you know what your talking about.
@chadvipe2 think about what you said here. keep in mind that you were in the united states navy. there fore you were restricted by laws and regulated by the pentagon. these people of blackwater had no restrictions and there fore could do things that were unthinkable for a U.S. soldier to do. they operated with total immunity. so uncle sam had them doing things that people arent allowed to talk about. thats why they got the big bucks and you got peanuts.im ex navy too. i do understand.
smart but not enough,would you the rather have millitary person get killed or someone who vollenteer to get kill...who do you invest on to have your freedom
My views on the recent Blackwater USA incident. Anything you hear about Blackwater USA agents acting with inappropriate behavior in Iraqi is completely falsified by the media. Bodyguards in the United States face the same ridicule working for celebrities. The media is to blame for this, most Iraqi Civilians in Iraq, carry small arms fire with them. How do you know if Iraqi civilians shot at them first? If you weren't there with first hand experience, no one should complain about it.
You are completely wrong. Defending Blackwater is absurd. The media is controled by corporate America. They want war, they are making money on this war. You need to wake up!
The Taliban in Afghanistan and the Insurgency in Iraq represent legitimate resistance to an Illegal Occupation.
390bullitt1968 4 months ago
YOU ARE A TRUE MAN
I hope all US people think like that
dont know why US people are quit while thousants of innocent people,women and children are died for nothing
imagin your family die in such a way,
how do u feel? what do u expect from others? to be quit and watch?
please think a little bit more
god bless u
MAKZO2011 6 months ago
I was an enlisted soldier, sargent , then became an officer. I dont see how a nation can survive and truly be free with killings for money. The destruction of life is coming to America by the law of sowing and reaping, karma, or simple pragmatism. No nation can survive murdering. Sure it usually starts by killing the "enemy" , but usually the chickens come home to roost.
MrLjoshlun 7 months ago
Annoying music ....
clickswitchh 7 months ago
god bless all you comentators and god bless the united states of america
f581474x 9 months ago
you say 3/4 of a million iraqi's have died, but you failed to specify how many of those were unarmed civilians and how many of those were Ak-47 weilding taliban, Al-Qaeda, shi'ite, or some other group of people wishing to cause harm to anyone who does not want to live under muslim doctrine...
just saying...
nick12345567890 10 months ago 2
Jeremy Scahill I believe in what you are talking about. There are few that can argue that there is a private army rivaling that of the United States Army (the most powerful the world has ever seen). The fact is that you are very ill informed about what is going on over there. Civilians are not the target of military contractors. The facts are out there and what you are saying is not totally true. The USA is a military state brewed from the best war genetic pool on the planet.
zeke2m 11 months ago
Mr.Scahill.I have the greatest respect for your work.I am behind you 100%.Dome a favor though...Stop swaying while speaking. SIT STILL PLEASE!!
saynotostupid 1 year ago
Blackwater is nothing but mercenary scumbags. Keep these facist asswipes out of Illinois and cancel their contracts. The US doesn't need mercs.
abrnt1 1 year ago
It's also funny because when I went over there the only people that didnt want you there were the few terrorist gangs trying to kill the innocent Iraqi people we are trying to protect.
Dumbass.
bamaedgecore 1 year ago
I agree with everything he says from 0:08 to 0:14
lol
bamaedgecore 1 year ago
Mr Scahill is a very good speaker, he should run for office.
mrmactknife 1 year ago
@mrmactknife why dont you stick your head up his ass and see how much bull shit hes saying. Blackwater has put jobs out there for people when the solders come back and dont want to go back to work for the pay there making who do you think is there giving them a job when no one else is. Not only that but just think about this there are man and women in blackwater doing the same thing the solders are doing over there... FIGHTING YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!!
MrLasVegas101 1 year ago
@MrLasVegas101 What's your problem? All I said was that Mr Scahill was a good speaker. I said nothing about at about Blackwater, and I most certainly did not say anything degrogatory about soldiers, I have the upmost respect for all millitary personel. Most of my friends are ex, or serving millitary, and if it wasnt for an eyesight problem, i would of been a soldier myself, so you better wind your neck in!
mrmactknife 1 year ago
@MrLasVegas101 Do you hear yourself? And what do you know about bein FREE! What are you 12?
4624tone 1 year ago
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@mrmactknife why don't you stick your head up his ass and see how much bull shit hes saying. Blackwater has put jobs out there for people when the solders come back and dont want to go back to work for the pay there making who do you think is there giving them a job when no one else is. Not only that but just think about this there are man and women in blackwater doing the same thing the solders are doing over there... FIGHTING YOUR RIGHT TO BE FREE!!!
MrLasVegas101 1 year ago
Who is this guy ?
BoeDog169 1 year ago
U can pull every American solider out of Iraq, Afghan. and every country in the world where the American liberal does not want us. but then, the evil that is left behind will go out and kill 1000s of innocent people daily. Cutting their heads off, hanging them, U name it. THEN WHAT? Will U report on those victims when it isn’t done by our hand? Liberals always act like they care what happens to foreign innocents but what about when we’re not there. U wont report on it cause it doesnt affectU!
cadetljr4 1 year ago
@cadetljr4 What a load of hogwash. Fantasy excuses for killing innocent people. U.S. Imperialism is indefensible and making up second grade stories doesn't fool anyone except maybe you, fool.
agitcam 1 year ago
interesting...name calling ok i see you cant handle reality...class dismissed
cadetljr4 1 year ago
Blackwater to the southern border! God bless Blackwater/ Xe!!!
mm3mm3 1 year ago
mercs all the way
GoReViXXeN666 1 year ago
why is he dressed like Fidel Castro?
skag187 1 year ago
Our country is NOT a democracy; it is a republic.
As for war, casualties have existed since the first war. The only difference along the line of history is media coverage depth.
IamaRifle 1 year ago
Like Like Like ,Down with NEW WORLD ODOUR,BUSH ,CHENEY,B-LIAR,IS-RA-HELLS LEADERS should BE TRIED AND EXECUTED FOR WAR CRIMES AND MURDER,ALSO MURDER OF 3000 OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS ,COME ON FOLKS WAKEY WAKEY !!!!!!911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB>911 WAS INSIDE JOB AND SO WAS 7/7 murdering scum fucks
ANTISLAVEBOY 1 year ago
a defensive army is also know as a target
Mr420pot420 1 year ago
Awesome! Beautiful truth is sweet music to my ears!!! Please sing some more!!!!
ace69154 1 year ago
Wow, I am amazed at how compelling this speech is. I think a lot of people in America need to see this video. Everyone walks around like zombies carrying on normal life like nothing is even happening to the people over there! Please keep up the good work Mr. Scahill.
goosedreams 1 year ago 2
Most of the "troops" complaining about the war don't even have combat arms jobs... I don't know one infantryman in the army or the marine corp that whines about his job or that doesn't want to finish the operations in the middle East. I do however know MPs, human resource specialists, and the like, who have never seen combat and complain about the us presence in the middle East... I think, they shouldn't have joined up.
infantrypfc 1 year ago
lol, bye bye Jeremy your 15 minutes of fame is over.
Goto his site, hasn't been there in over 6 months. I guess when it came out that it was contractors or a draft, he lost support
BadBunnyRides 1 year ago
novus ordo seclorum
MasterTerran 2 years ago
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fuck jeremy scahill.... i wish blackwater would shoot his bitch ass
creeperCBS 2 years ago
keep it up, your vulgar ignorant comments just give strength to Mr. Scahill and the great work he is doing.
agitcam 2 years ago 8
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go choke on little jeremy's dick you faggot!
creeperCBS 2 years ago
Keep talkin' bud so whole world can see how articulate you are.
agitcam 2 years ago 2
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you should ask your mum how articulate i am.... the filth i can talk while im pounding her tight asshole could shame the devil!!! yee haa, fuck me like my son fucks Mr Scahill daddy, see, i even make her articulate when she takes the dick!!!
creeperCBS 2 years ago
Your mother must be very proud of you I'm sure she enjoys reading what comes out of your mind.
agitcam 2 years ago
every American that pays taxes should read this book
THE TAX PAYER HAS BEEN SCREWED BY BLACKWATER
rickbar123 2 years ago
Stop listening to this negative propoganda
and support your local Mercenary !!!!
tumsabai1 2 years ago
ha ha good one
rickbar123 2 years ago
PMC"s and Mercenaries all the way !!
We know how to get it done !!
"Get Some"! Evil Muslims !!!
tumsabai1 2 years ago
@tumsabai1 You are cointelpro!You are a disgrace to this country and to the term American!!!
trufreedom87 2 years ago
excellent - we need more people like this standing up and speaking out on the reality of what is happening in Iraq and in the name of Americans all over the world.
kscuteflute 2 years ago
Great speech!
HumanSayNo 2 years ago
or, gee, maybe they use mercs because citizens don't cry over mercs the same way they do over soldiers...
33rdApostle 2 years ago
Why the US government decided to hire these mercenaries? Because the regular arm forces lack the headcount? No. Because they don't have the hardware? No. Because these mercs flly under the radar? Yes.
Red flag should go up when public servants seek to avoid the laws they were elected or appointed to uphold and protect.
Nuengnueng 2 years ago
3/28/09 4991 US troops are now casualties of these wars. That does not include the men and women that are comming home with conditions that will effect them for the rest of thier lives. In WWII the Navy SeeBees could throw together a quality base in a very limited amount of time and only earned the regular soilders wage. So why the fuck are we paying military contractors 6 figure salarys for the same jobs? Apparently some people need to watch the IKE military industrial complex speech. wake up!
Sixxstring1 2 years ago 2
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tumsabai1 2 years ago
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Blackwater is a legit merc army, they have the right to shoot to defend, if u were there, you would of pulled the trigger too out of fear of death, so shut the fuck up..and stop complaining, if u dont like them tough shit cuz their fighting for u, and they enjoy it, u want to go there and make things right? go ahead u will be killed by these iraqi's ur defending
MMOnGameWalkthroughs 2 years ago
Mercenaries are unconstitutional. Mercenaries maybe used if the government declares martial law. They are already being used in New Orleans since the aftrmath of Katrina. I don't think Obama has changed that. They don't fall under posse comatious laws. (mispell) So you should read the constitiion!!!
imaginepeace63 2 years ago 3
The government used privateers during the war of 1812. Aren't they Mercenaries? Letters of Marque and Reprisal I believe is the term. Mercenary armies make me nervous but I don't know that using them is against our constitution. Certainly an interesting question.
daskcool 2 years ago
Mercenaries work for profit and the militry defends the constitution. Therefore mercenaries are unconstitutional.
imaginepeace63 2 years ago
What are you talking about? You have obviously never had any courses in law or logic. The US government using Mercs may indeed be against the law. I was asking which ones if any. There are hundreds of PMC's like Blackwater and many people who would like to shut them down. No one has brought any legal actions to do so. I am guessing that they are not breaking any US laws otherwise the justice dept would try. Members of the US Military get paid and get other benefits as well.
daskcool 2 years ago
They are breaking laws but the true owners of america don't care to stop them.
imaginepeace63 2 years ago
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PMC's and Mercenaries all the way !!
We know how to get it done !!
"Get Some" ! Evil Muslims !!!!
tumsabai1 2 years ago
MMonGameWalkthroughs, first, there is nothing legitimate about a mercenary army. If they were a legitimate institution, there should be a level of transparency within their organization; we should be able to vote about their fate, and that mercenary group should be subject to the same legal restrictions that bind our military. Second, they are not fighting for me. They are fighting for corporate interest. Plain and simple.
alphacause 2 years ago 2
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MMonGameWalkthroughs, first, there is nothing legitimate about a mercenary army. If they were a legitimate institution, there should be a level of transparency within their organization; we should be able to vote about their fate, and that mercenary group should be subject to the same legal restrictions that bind our military. Second, they are not fighting for me. They are fighting for corporate interest. Plain and simple.
alphacause 2 years ago
They aren't fighting for you, or me. They are fighting for money. Killing for money. Thats the same as a hitman. That is a crime in America. If you stopped paying them they wouldnt do it. The military personel dont hardly get paid anything. I only made $1400 a month in the navy. So don't act like you know what your talking about.
chadvipe2 2 years ago 8
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tumsabai1 2 years ago
@chadvipe2 It is a CRIME that is going on in Iraq & Afghanistan, and you can't win a crime.
SchwarzWasser mercenaries are paid a thousand dollars a DAY, and upward from there.
Back in Cold War days if we'd have spotted a mercenary in a theater of war, we would have captured them as POW and prosecuted them for a War Crime.
centurion180ad 1 year ago
@chadvipe2 think about what you said here. keep in mind that you were in the united states navy. there fore you were restricted by laws and regulated by the pentagon. these people of blackwater had no restrictions and there fore could do things that were unthinkable for a U.S. soldier to do. they operated with total immunity. so uncle sam had them doing things that people arent allowed to talk about. thats why they got the big bucks and you got peanuts.im ex navy too. i do understand.
vidPRODUCER1 7 months ago
Dude open your eyes fucktwat! They can be used to kill you and your family here in the USA!
ChromeDove 2 years ago
Yes we can. Peak and boo. I see you!!!!
tumsabai1 2 years ago
You are brain less!
estevandido3 2 years ago
Today, anyone who thinks there is a free press in America, is asleep. Thanks for the tip on the book.
agitcam 2 years ago
Read "Into the Buzzsaw" it will help to clarify a lot.
1tonykirk 2 years ago
yes indeed he knows what he is talking about...
theveteransniper 2 years ago 2
smart but not enough,would you the rather have millitary person get killed or someone who vollenteer to get kill...who do you invest on to have your freedom
WELLKNOWNimposter 3 years ago
very smart guy
longfromfitch420 4 years ago 3
My views on the recent Blackwater USA incident. Anything you hear about Blackwater USA agents acting with inappropriate behavior in Iraqi is completely falsified by the media. Bodyguards in the United States face the same ridicule working for celebrities. The media is to blame for this, most Iraqi Civilians in Iraq, carry small arms fire with them. How do you know if Iraqi civilians shot at them first? If you weren't there with first hand experience, no one should complain about it.
666luvsyou 4 years ago
You are completely wrong. Defending Blackwater is absurd. The media is controled by corporate America. They want war, they are making money on this war. You need to wake up!
agitcam 4 years ago