Blackwater - Jeremy Scahill - Shadow Army part 4

Jeremy Scahill - Shadow Army part 4

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News & Politics

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• Jeremy
• Scahill
• Shadow
• Army
• Blackwater
• mercenary

[PHubb]

I had to changed tape - you missed one and a half sentences

[LABoodro]

Everyone of the Blackwater Employees are US Military Veterans!!! We have all spent years traing for the US, now we do the same job side by side with US soldiers.

[PHubb]

That's wrong. Blackwater recruits mercenaries from all over the World - Chile (Pinochet's brutal thugs); Bulgarians; Columbian drug lord enforcers; killers all. Sure, some of the best paid are ex US special forces, but a cowboy in the wild frontier is still a rogue agent. this wasn't an accident, it was inevitable: give a bunch of pumped-up guys guns, and send them to a place where they're above the law, and they'll act like cowboys.

[jacobdavid86]

why do liberals hate everything?

[PHubb]

jacobdavid86 - That's ridiculous (liberals hate everything). Why do conservatives/Republicans only love war, lies, oil, privatization agendas, private corporate interests, profits for those corporations, cronyism, exploitation,

environmental devastation, torture, empire, death penalty, elimination of civil rights, ignorance of the constitution, denial of health care to poor sick kids (SCHIP veto), secrecy

[thebadact]

whoe whoe whoe... i didn't like that black pause that happened, is there something missing?

[PHubb]

Tape ended - I had to change to a new tape.

[Buzzcomz]

this man is very brave and deserves to be commended for pointing out injustices within the government

[NeverEndingThursday]

Black water members have a choice.

At any point a contractor can refuse to go on a mission. He or she would then lose their job. They have this option if they feel what of asked of them is unsafe.

U.S. Soldiers have no choice.

This is an option that service members in the U.S. military do not have. Yes they enlisted, but thoughts change as reality comes into view. If at any point they decide they do not want to be a part of the war effort. They can be sent to jail.

[MaxSafeheaD]

Since when has it been unpatriotic to protect your country from exploitation?

You might remember a few weeks ago someone very nearly blew a plane up over another US city.

If you thought about it yourself, you'd realise your government has spent more than $500billion of your dollars, pissed all over human rights, cost thousands of US servicemen and women their lives not to mention foreigners and yet achieved absolutely noting in making you safer.

You might think you're a patriot, but your a mug.

[TheArgenta2009]

I love what Jeremy said at the end about the Bolivians and how they gave him hope. and the last quote was brilliant~! go Jeremy!!!!

[KDOGLEY]

11bABinfantry Here is a quote by Henry Kissinger that reflects most if not all governments attitude towards the military. "military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy". You made your choice.

[starmanskye]

"subways are bombed, embassys are looted and damaged, buildings have planes flown into them, and its because of people like this that half the time we cant do anything about it...."

This has got to be the dumbest thing I've read today, Quite a feat! You really think the might & will of the US military & government is 'limited' by people like Scahill talking about the enormous abuses, frauds, intrigues, secret agendas, plots, schemes, corruption & crimes of empire? A pathetic & clueless joke.

[BuffNorris]

What are you talking about, the army has done everything they said they after when I joined. Sure some recruiters are bad, but they will get reprimanded if they get caught. Just read into it. You get everything in your contract. I've enjoyed most of my time in the Army, and if i could go back in time and join again I would in a heartbeat.

[cammmodotorg]

Help educate young people about the misleading marketing, advertising and recruiting practices of the United States Army at the website which is the same as our user name.

[gsxcbrja69]

I want to be a part of black water!

[AryanPrideCGP]

You have no clue as to what you just wrote!

[11bABinfantry]

"...lobyists all over capitol hill all the time...."

"ive been there three times in my life..."

ha... good comedian, bad patriot.

subways are bombed, embassys are looted and damaged, buildings have planes flown into them, and its because of people like this that half the time we cant do anything about it....

thank you