Bring Blackwater Home! and the troops too

In case you don't know, the Blackwater group is a private security firm made up of ex-military men and mercenaries. The U.S. government and contracted corporations employ their services to protect executives and high level officials when in unstable environments.

The uproar surrounding the Blackwater Group is more than understandable, however it may be just a little bit late. Since 2005 the Blackwater group has been responsible for 195 incidents of escalated violence... Think about that for a second.
One such incident involved Blackwater contractor, Andrew Moonen, who after leaving a Christmas eve party, made a wrong turn on his way home. According to Time's Brian Bennett, an Iraqi guard posted at vice president Adel Abdul Mahdi's compound, was fatally shot three times. Witnesses described Moonen as the shooter. The next day he was fired and sent home. The corporation covered it's backside once again. An act it has had to do many times. The fact that they are not subject to any rule of law allows the blackwater group to adopt a shoot first attitude.

Not until this latest incident in which a Blackwater convoy opened fire in a crowded intersection, killing 17 Iraquis and promptng the Iraqi president to demand they leave at once, has there been any real talk in Washington or in the media about investigating the group.
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, brought Blackwater to light shortly after Hurricane Katrina. In the storms wake, Blackwater was deployed if you will, to New Orleans. If you can remember, there were reports of a shooting on an overpass near the 9th ward. The details have been very vague to say the least. the only public statements concerning this incident came from a security contractor who was riding along with the Blackwater men. Michael Montgomery says they came under fire from "Black Gangsters". They then "returned fire, heard moaning and screaming and the shooting stopped". Montgomery says the army guys confronted them but then left. No investigation local, state or federal was ever launched. Funny how they could get mercenaries to protect certain interests instantly but not water to U.S. citizens in distress.

Maybe now It will become clear that these private militias are hurting the troops efforts in Iraq more than they are helping. Their Protractors will argue that, with our military stretched so thin, we need the likes of Blackwater to guard diplomats and important sites. But with their above the law attitude, The common Iraqi doesn't know the difference between a U.S. marine and a white mercenary. All they know is America killed my daddy and now i'm gonna become Martyr!
This week, our favorite problem solver Condi Rice called for an investigation...lets see what happens...