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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:33 AM Original message |
Coming To A State Near You: Blackwater Air Force |
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ChicagoRonin (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bright lining to the dark cloud |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. These Mercs are not incompetent |
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pepperbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. .....which only matters if the end game is to win rather than line the pockets of... |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Unless they're, you know, fueling the insurgency in Iraq |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. You are so right and yet so wrong. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. People also forget these aren't just ex-American SFs, these are mercenaries from |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I had forgotten about that. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. And the South African mercs...highly trained, brutal and amoral |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
51. TomInTib, what is your comment on the original post? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. I figure it is mostly recon. |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
71. I agree with your worry - |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, I gotta say, the USAF is the service MOST responsible for |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. interesting way to look at it |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. If you read the article, it's a long ass way from a couple of TRAINER aircraft |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. wow, a side to you I've never seen before |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. What a fucking LEAP... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. There is plenty of fucking difference! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
66. Oh, please. Spare me the damned drama. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. "If they can do some work cheaper, great." - Don't be so naive |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
67. A Democratic congress and ASCs can do that in the appropriations process. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Well, to begin with, there is that small matter of an oath |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #24 |
65. Yeah,,,,we've seen, firsthhand, how well that's been working of late. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. What's the difference? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
68. At least they have them.... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. What's the diff? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. Seriously. nt |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. And who regulates rogue mercenaries in the U.S.? |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's really simple and quite evil . . . |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So help me god. |
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LondonReign2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. So am I to understand |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is over the fucking top! Why not more recommends DUers? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Probably because it doesn't involve bathroom debauchery.... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Thanking you on behalf of the OP marmar |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Here's a better picture of the craft |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. The marriage of corporation and state = fascism.... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No damn doubt! No damn doubt! |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Blackwater=SS |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Before SPP protests in Montebello cops engaged in a "manufactured fear" exercise" |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. already here |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. Is it fascism yet? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. It looks like they used Dick Cheney's image... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. I started a similar thread in Ed and Arts. Blase interest. Frankly, |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Private military base"?!!! WTF? There should be NO place for that in this country! n/t |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Holy Shit! WTF is wrong with the people in this country? |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Blackwater met recently with Arnold Schwarzenegger about "disaster response"? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. No fucking way! |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Having actually been out to Moyock for 2 weeks myself... |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. President Eisenhower warned against in his farewell address - link |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
36. Kick! n/t |
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ryanus (511 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. 'bout time to fire up those state militias again |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-29-07 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. 'operating licenses in every coastal U.S. state.' |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. there oughta be a law . . . n/t |
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cheddar99 (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. They have a lot to be |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. You are right... and welcome to DU N/T |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. Don't Miss The Point Here .... Private Military in the US is to control the US population |
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rabies1 (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Remember - Blackwater came in to 'deal' with Katrina victims. |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. and weren't several people SHOT on the bridge that day? |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. So why???????? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
43. Ground troops, intelligence agency and now a growing airforce... |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
44. Blackwater = Christofascist Praetorian Guard |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
45. The Culture War will not be fought in the Media...n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. Oh, and don't forget that BW is owned and operated by Extreme Right Wing Christian Lunatics |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. How big is your lobby? |
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needledriver (174 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
48. Now I get it! |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. Please pass this on asap |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Soooo Windoe.. how did you know it was an "anti-gravity disk"? N/T |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
73. you are not crazy |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. A Attack plane for disaster work? |
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InternalDialogue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. Max Barry's "Jennifer Government" played with a scenario just like this. |
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Alizaryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. They have to be very confident |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. What's next? Blackwater tactical nuclear weapons division? nt |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-30-07 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
70. kick |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-01-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
72. Kicking it |
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