Comments on: CIA Shut Down in Iraq

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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:30:29 +0000

[...] after it suspended the US State Department contractor Blackwater (now called Xe), according to Pajamas Media. Apparently, CIA had become solely dependent on Blackwater security for its Iraq operations, [...]

By: john

john — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:33:17 +0000

I have done some investigations. Looks like John Edwards has a hedge fund that includes Blackwater, and the president of Blackwater once worked in the White House travel office during the mid-1990′s (he was fired, started another business), and finally the top Blackwater commander in Iraq belongs to the same church as Obama. Man, now those are some wild connections!!

By: John Spragge

John Spragge — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:02:25 +0000

The Iraqi government accuses Blackwater personnel of killing innocent Iraqi civilians. Blackwater disagrees. It seems both concerned governments have an investigation scheduled. You seem to have taken the side of Blackwater in advance, but assume, just for a moment, that the investigation does turn up evidence that Blackwater guards did kill innocent people. Will you then admit that Balckwater behaved wrongly, that the deployment of private “security” and the “outsourcing” of war amounts to a mistake, and that if it leads to a major failure (as in a collapse in the US effort in Iraq), the policy makers concerned will have only themselves to blame. Would you agree that the humiliation of the United States in Iraq under those circumstances might have at least the salutary effect of encouraging both public and politicians to take war a bit more seriously?

If you have some argument that the US war effort justifies the killing of innocent people and the deployment of wholly unaccountable private “security contractors”, can we hear it now?

By: jerry4837

jerry4837 — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:26:00 +0000

Yep that surge is going real well. Obviously security in Iraq has much improved if government bodies won’t travel outside the green zone without fully armored up personal security. Betray-us is just a Bushie talking puppet.

By: john

john — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:35:07 +0000

vote for duncan hunter so we can win in Iraq and get on with other matters!!!

By: davecatbone

davecatbone — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:58:58 +0000

Far worse things have happened in the “good wars” approved by the Democrats. There are messy things that happen, but Maliki must go, we must prevail.

By: Otto

Otto — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:58:59 +0000

Some left wing bloggers are making the point that if CIA personnel who are presumably trained to use firearms are unable to move outside the green zone without heavy protection from Blackwater security people, what does this tell you about how effective the surge is proving in reducing violence in Baghdad and elsewhere. Sounds like a reasonable point to me. Also the mere idea that the CIA which is supposed to be a secret organization can only conduct its business while travelling in armored convoys is also rather absurd. Any response?

By: M. Simon

M. Simon — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:02:12 +0000

I’m with Joe Lieberman.

Leaving Iraq would put us in a much worse situation than the current one.

Evidently the Democrats want to test that proposition.

Interesting times.

By: OmegaPaladin

OmegaPaladin — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:41:50 +0000

PSCs are not really mercenaries for the most part. Working security in a foreign country is a better armed version of the domestic bodyguard or security guard. We don’t hire Blackwater to kill insurgents, you know. I’d suspect a setup myself

I can’t believe the CIA is unable to operate thanks to a lack of bodyguards. It’s not like they do covert operations with an escort.

By: Patrick Carroll

Patrick Carroll — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:00:10 +0000

Sounds to me like a weak, high-level, is getting props for dissing yanks.

Nothing else.

Either sacrifice the troops, or kill the king.