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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:33 AM Original message |
Obama hires Blackwater, again |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why are we still paying private firms |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Posse Comitatus makes it messy. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why? Is there no other such company available? I know Hillary said she wouldn't |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. never mind |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Yeah I read the article at the link you provided, but regardless of who is |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. the reason I think is the accountability |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. I DO seem to recall something about Iran banning Blackwater. Good point |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
45. There's a few issue there... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
4. BW is run by the guys who let 9/11 happen, UBL escape from Afghanistan, and CIA torture, |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. yes indeed they are ..thank you for posting the reminder to people here! eom |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
5. Damn it. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Obama did not hire Blackwater. |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't know why you try but thank you. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. and if he did... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Fine - Obama Administration hired Blackwater again . . . does that make it OK? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. No |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. The company or "the Company?" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Semantics |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Prosense can you post this in it's own thread to counter this nonsense. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. self-delete |
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JamesA1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Well said ProSense nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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The Uncola (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
7. And yet... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Oh they know why we're pissed off -- they just don't want to hear about it. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
10. Blackwater should be banned from any federal government contract period. nt |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. I'm so pissed that he sticks with Blackwater - tell us WHY Obama |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Blackwater/Xe is a sort of comfortable retirement home for CIA paramilitary. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. what you say sounds reasonable to me - the pentagon stands on |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Maybe you should read post no.# 6. n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. No, he hired XE. There are not 50,000 combat troops in Iraq. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
19. If they hired some other company to do the same thing |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Why reward a company that has defrauded the federal government? Not to |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Then it would be OK if they hired another company? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I'm talking about actual facts not imaginary scenarios. I don't know what you're talking about. Also |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. that's another issue |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. OK so let's stick to the issue. I don't believe in rewarding criminal behavior. Period. Again |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. a resounding YES! eom |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. DVT |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
31. Excuse me mods. Do we not care about posters posting false or misleading information?! |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Apparently not. Lying about Democrats is permissable. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It seems that way. I'd rather have clear information than this kind of crap. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
38. Totally false OP. Blackwater no longer exists; Obama didn't "hire" them. Hillary's State Dep't. did. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
40. Stop picking on The President. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. FACT: President Obama is not in charge of State Department procurement. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I agree!!!! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Yes, it's obvious that SoS Hillary is either a hypocrite or she has no clue "what is going on". |
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Metric System (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-02-10 10:37 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Who's the Boss? |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. The President is the "Boss" & oversees the State Department |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-03-10 10:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Do you mean |
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