[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [Peace] NG editorial by Conrad Wetzel

[Ricky Baldwin]

Great job, Conrad!

Well done!
Ricky
--- Brian Dolinar <briandolinar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:02:12 -0500
> From: "Brian Dolinar" <briandolinar at gmail.com>
> To: "Peace List" <peace at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: [Peace] NG editorial by Conrad Wetzel
> 
>  [image: The News-Gazette.com]   Blackwater myth not rooted in reality
> Wednesday
> September 26, 2007
> 
> I have appreciated the numerous news accounts related to Blackwater that
> have been appearing in recent weeks. It is very important that the public be
> informed about the true nature of Blackwater and its employment of mercenary
> soldiers. It is a myth that Blackwater paramilitary contractors are
> courageous, highly trained and patriotic professionals.
> 
> The U.S. volunteer Army fights door-to-door, street by street in Iraq, while
> the Blackwater professionals drive armor-protected SUVs guarding dignitaries
> and diplomats. Blackwater's paramilitary contractors live in the "Green
> Zone," not in the direct line of fire. They hide behind legal loopholes and
> the Third World mercenaries that they hire.
> 
> Do defensive driving techniques, touted by Blackwater in its corporate
> advertising, replace judgment and caution? Highly trained security
> professionals do not fire into a car killing a baby and mother and father,
> as recently reported by the world's news media, or spread the flames of
> insurrection throughout Iraq, after the infamous Fallujah bridge hanging.
> Navy Seal stealth killing techniques are not equivalent to improved basic
> security or law enforcement protections.
> 
> Blackwater equals money; no money, no Blackwater. It is the ultimate put
> down of the volunteer military to say that Blackwater is professional and
> patriotic. As shown throughout history, when the public money runs out,
> private mercenaries run. Blackwater lobbies to protect the Mexican border
> and train American law enforcement. How long will America support the myth
> that private mercenaries are more professional than public servants?
> 
> CONRAD WETZEL
> 
> Champaign
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