Blackwater: "I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am."

[sabra]

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/09/28/385833.aspx



They are becoming the poster boys for excess. A new "photo cartoon" circulating in Baghdad among security contractors and some U.S. soldiers – and the laughter it’s generating here – speaks for itself.

"Blackwater has become a symbol of testosterone-fueled excess," one security contractor told me, who like most did not want to give his name because the industry is under such scrutiny.

[aquart]

1. So, even among mercenaries they're scum?

[hisownpetard]

2. Yes. And the reverse of that sentence is also true! n/t

[Solly Mack]

3. Back in 2003-2004

when my husband was in Iraq - he said soldiers in his unit often voiced concern that Blackwater would eventually fire on them.

[bryant69]

4. That sounds like something Barny from How I met your Mother would say.

Halfway decent sitcom writing; bad company slogan.

Also that guy's glasses aren't awesome.

Bryant
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