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War criminals pardoning war criminals, who would have ever thought America would come to this?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
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AP: Blackwater Guards Given Immunity in Deadly Baghdad Shooting | Newsweek News | Newsweek.com (http://www.newsweek.com/id/67009/page/1 - broken link)
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And that's a problem b/c when a mess like happens the US image is stuck with it. I'm not going to call the mercs 'loose canons'(strange b/c a lot of them are ex-military). But a lot of them are not as strictly bound by the rules as we were. Big Army puts a lot of emphasis on human life/casualties and damage control. Mishaps equals bad press which equals the USA being hated even more. Especially after the prison Abu Ghraib fiasco. Blackwater Guards deserve fair trial HOWEVER, I don't think immunity should have ever been considered.
I want to know how we can have a bigger military than the next dozen largest nations combined, and still cant find 100,000 men to go into a war. Why do we pay Blackwater instead of asking our military to do what we pay it for? Oh, I remember, PRIVITAZATION
Look at what they pay private security (mercenaries) v. what they pay the soldier. Says a whole lot right there.
Who do they value more? Who is cannon fodder?
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