Re/Creating Tampa

Another Blackwater post sparks another Blackwater debate. (See previous discussions here, and here.) BWGuy left the following comment to my brief post about Iraq banning Blackwater Worldwide.

“Sorry to burst your bubble but a security contractor costs almost 90,000 a year less than a soldier. If you did any research on the issue asside from just [...]

Interesting.

“BAGHDAD – Iraq said Thursday it will bar Blackwater Worldwide from providing security protection for U.S. diplomats because its contractors used excessive force, sanctioning a company whose image was irrevocably tarnished by the 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians.”

(((Editorial Note: Below is a response to an earlier post I wrote about Blackwater. I wanted to bring it to the front page because it’s a thoughtful, first-hand account of working within the US military and working with Blackwater. There are also a few issues raised which I wanted to amplify, so there’s also an [...]

Am I the only one who thinks Blackwater is creepy?

Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing nicked this pic from the LA Times of a man wearing a Blackwater t-shirt assisting in a DEA raid on a medical marijuana dispensary.

The image has since been removed.

So, is this a DEA agent who just happens to be wearing a [...]