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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:02 PM Original message |
Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater? |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. It became the right thing to |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. Why indeed?! |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Priorities? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think that the reason is that we've grown dependent on these |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. that's one part of it |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Those are the jobs I was talking about... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Blackwater has sucked up enough monies for its projects |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. we are deliberately circumventing a call for a military draft by using these contractors |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I rec'd this and I've criticized this man before BUT, can we get Public Option done first? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I think we can do more than one thing at a time -- |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I would hope so too, but this one thing is too important. really. nt |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe I'm Just Ignorant...BUT... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. There's isn't a large enough army of "volunteers" to fight all the wars they want to fight . . . |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. But these BW types don't work cheap |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Right -- they've been ripping off soldiers .. . and work some of them have done on Embassy . . . |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Health care has to be "deficit neutral" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Sadly, that's been going on a long, long time -- |
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wroberts189 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. A damn good question. nt knr |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Remember the Swedish Hospital incident - Blackwater (Xe) "raided" it on 13 July |
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Sick_of_Rethuggery (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. SIMPLE: |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. and why are we still illegally occupying two sovereign countries? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's only bad when the other guy does it. n/t |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe they have a contract ??? I've wondered about this also. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. God, I love Jeremy Schahill - my version of a highschool girl crush on a rockstar |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. It keeps troop deployments "off the books". |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. My theory is he's holding them close to his vest.. |
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Boxerfan (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because he wants to stay alive??? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Maybe a better question is how/why Prince is supporting a Democrat |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. What is the nature of a corporate tool? |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
27. Because the military-industrial complex is still very much.... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Beats me |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. +1 nt |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. Because the Chinese are still willing to fund them. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. they know where he lives. |
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