The Man Behind Blackwater

Regardless of who, what and where and how Blackwater ended up in Iraq, they are there and at WAR. Why does everyone forget the fact that both Blackwater and the Military are AMERICANS. They have to defend themselves against a force that are not in a uniform and can not be identified as a civilian or combatant. It doesn't matter at this point whether or not Prince is a christian wacko or not. AMERICAN fathers, sons, mothers, daugters are in Iraq and regardless who put them there, we need to show our support. The military hired Blackwater and if they have to defend themselfs from "invisible bullets fired from invisible guns, that no one ever witnesses" so be it. It's always the same old story from all you bleeding heart morons. Like it or not, we are at WAR, people die, civilians die so AMERICANS can live. Get over it. Last time I cheked history, we killed a whole lot of German and Japanesse civilians. You didn't hear AMERICAN'S crying back then....did you? Oh, I forgot, your all going to say we aren't a war with Iraq, they didn't do anything, we shouldn't be there.....9/11, Hussain thats enough reason.

I dont know what everyone is getting so wrapped around the "private army" thing for. We are surrounded by them constantly - there is an armed security guard in the bank when you go there, sometimes at your grocery store, the mall, the amusement park.......Nobody is calling them a mercenary force yet if they were placed in the same scenario as Blackwater SECURITY they would most likely react the same as Blackwater. Nobody is calling the president of Wells Fargo armored cars a religious lunatic - but his company does EXACTLY the same mission. The only difference in the two is the geography. Nobody is calling for the disbanding of the armed security guard at the bank or the mall and calling their companies "private armies" or crying about how much their bag of alfalfa sprouts cost because they have to pay the security gaurd at the grocery store when the local police force could and should provide this service/s. My point is that Blackwater is the same as any other security gaurd company - nothing more nothing less. The religion of the owner is of no matter in the operational aspect of the firm other than it might be run with a little more ethical consideration than your publicly traded firms. We already have these private armies in our midst on a daily basis - yet nobody seems to bat an eye at Jimmy the security gaurd at the subdivision gate. But the essence of the mission of all security companies is the same. The variable is the permissive on non permissive environment in which they are bound to conduct their mission.

just on a historical point the coal mine riots in West Virginia were carried out by Private Security hired by the coal mine against the union strikes. Yeah - that was an offensive type private army. The other I can think of is the Pinkerton sceanrios in the old west. The difference is that both of those scenarios is that they American soil and offensive in nature - Blackwater is on foreign soil and defensive in nature - yeah the bullet holes and the disabled Suburban didnt get there via fairy dust. It mut have come from those unarmed civilians who werent firing any weapons.

We can thank Blackwater for the bullet that isn't in their skull? Why are we in Iraq? A lot of people who are loyal to the Republican party have profited from this war. Let's not forget that! I'd love to compare who many lives would not been lost if President Bush had not pushed us into this war with Iraq.

We can thank Blackwater for the bullet that isn't in their skull? Why are we in Iraq? A lot of people who are loyal to the Republican party have profited from this war. Let's not forget that! I'd love to compare who many lives would not been lost if President Bush had not pushed us into this war with Iraq.

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This whole situation is just very SAD!!!

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Erik we cannot push our beliefs on everyone; you need to either enlist or get a real job what you and your men are doing is way wrong you need help man. a proud NAM VET

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Erik Prince and his operators do a job that they deserve to get well paid for. Yes could it be possibly done by our own military ---yep it could. But that would depllete our special forces from doing thier jobs. Blackwater offers a service---you can buy someone who will take a bullet for you in the middle of a warzone. To me given the current unsettled state of Iraq i would pay Mr. Prince for one of his Men. I could care less about his religion--it his is his constitutional right to practice whatever religion he wants, it is also his constitutional right to post whatever he wants on the net---rights that he has defened with his own life. Did his men screw up?? That is yet to be determined. Do I think his men are doing a good job---yes I do. Do I think they are needed--yes I do. Before you all bash the man and his companies services --put your self in the situtation of being a foriegn unarmed doplomat in Iraq's hot spots--who would you want on your side? Would you want the greenhorn NG soldier, or a highly traind ex special forces operator?

I support Blackwater???s actions. I believe in free enterprise. This company was hired to carry out certain missions with certain guidelines. They have done so. The attacks on Blackwater are coming from the same people that are attacking the US forces hoping we will be defeated by the islamo- fascist. The people that are attacking Blackwater are the same people that attack Israel and Christians. These people are the socialist that want to destroy the present Constitution of the United States of America and rewrite it with more government control and only their political views allowed. Blackwater is a security company operating in a very hostile environment under government contracts. They do their job well.