Blackwater Crushed Car With Three Kids, Old Man To Avoid Traffic

[Nomad559]

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Former_US_official_breaks_silence_I_1006.html

Janessa Gans, a visiting political science professor at Principia College who served as a US official in Iraq from 2003 to 2005, opened fire on the private security contractor Blackwater in Saturday's edition of the Los Angeles Times.

"When the Iraqi government last month demanded the expulsion of Blackwater USA, the private security firm, I had one reaction: It's about time," she begins in an editorial.

Gans says she witnessed firsthand "over-the-top zeal" of the behemoth US mercenary force.

"We would careen around corners, jump road dividers, reach speeds in excess of 100 mph and often cross over to the wrong side of the street, oncoming traffic be damned," she writes. "I began to wonder whether my meetings, intended to further U.S. policy goals and improve the lives of Iraqis, were doing more harm than good. With our drivers honking at, cutting off, pelting with water bottles (a favorite tactic) and menacing with weapons anyone in their way, how many enemies were we creating?"

[PDJane]

1. I'm quite certain that 'freedom' isn't why the US is hated.