Blackwater Changes Name Again (And Again)

Private security contractor Blackwater has changed it's name again. First it renamed itself to 'Xe' and now it's rebranded as 'Academi'. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks.

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[jxsilicon9]

Blackwater should just change their name to "shooting civilians makes me hard".

[RevDooDatt]

If you think a change of name doesn't change public perception just look at how we now call mercenaries "contractors".

Article 47

Anyone ? Anyone ???

[tundrav84wd]

Best damn VIP protection service in the world. They've NEVER lost anyone they were protecting. They have lost some of their guys keeping VIPs safe. That's why, to this day, VIPs insist on them. Wouldn't you if you were wanting to have your ass protected from those who'd do you harm? They will only take the best former soldiers / pilots into the company. Guess what,.....Blackwater is back. Stay tuned.

[shooter275]

im all for blackwater/xe/academi. yes they did kill civilians no doubt about it. was it justifiable... most people will say no and if you do say no you should study a little bit more, anyone remember the Fallujah Ambush?? insurgents lit a blackwater vehical on fire, burnt them to death and then dragged them through the streets and hung them from a bridge. 2 wrongs do make a right, this is a fucked up world we live in. nothing will change it. get use to it.

[XSC3]

sort of like how the SOA changed their name to WHINSEC

[XSC3]

@RevDooDatt exactly. when I hear "contractors" I think of jovial guys in blue collars with yellow hard hats building houses and fussing over blue-prints. when I hear mercenaries I think of gun toting guys in khaki fighting other people's wars for profit.

[XSC3]

"blackwater" does sound a bit badass, until you realize what "blackwater" actually is. it's another name for sewage (wastewater that comes from toilets, as opposed to "graywater" which is waste water that comes primarily from bathing)

[JRobson1955]

"Black Water was the name for a German civilian organization under the Nazis"

-from the movie "The End of America".

[55mrfuckhead]

Stupid fuckers

[05joelouis]

fukin idiots

[BELLYBUTTONPRODUCION]

changing there image oh yeah we changed our name but do the same thing the public must think were good now uhh not the ones who actually pay attention to what happens to our country