Blackwater: More Help Than We Thought?

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August 23, 2009
2:31
Blackwater, a private security company, worked with the CIA to help assassinate terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush Administration kept the contract from Congress. So what does it all mean?
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No PhotoSteelersWRX88
August 30, 2009
05:48 AM
Blackwater was a good idea. Since they aren't actual U.S troops we arent suffering any casualties if these people want to risk their lives protecting corrupted U.S officals then by all means have fun with that guys. Personally i'd pay these people to take out high priority targets instead of sending in thousands of young men to find one guy and you all know who im talking about
No PhotoClaire Eckelkamp
August 27, 2009
06:26 PM
The fact that Blackwater operated above the law and only in response to orders from the Executive Branch definitely sounds unconstitutional. I didn't know much about this topic before watching the story, and I feel like after seeing the different perspectives, it is clear that this organization should never have been in service of the US government. They did not kill on terrorist, and wasn't that their purpose in the first place?
akorozcoakorozco
August 27, 2009
11:44 AM
I agree that Blackwater is "problematic" now, but I'd bet this is just a harbinger of a future in which private military forces are much larger, more numerous, and more widely used.
No Photolauren styler
August 24, 2009
10:50 AM
the bush administration is DONE. why are they still giving us so many problems?
robotsoulrobotsoul
August 24, 2009
10:30 AM
This video does a great job of outlining the problems. I know someone who worked for Blackwater and the stories he told me were shocking. It is unconstitutional to have a private military force that operates via executive fiat. Blackwater operates unencumbered by congressional oversight and international law. External military contractors are morally, politically, and diplomatically problematic.
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