Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Coming To A State Near You: Blackwater Air Force

As if having them run around Iraq like loose cannons wasn't bad enough, Blackwater is building an Air Force. Via Scholars & Rogues:
Security company Blackwater U.S.A. is buying Super Tucano light combat aircraft from the Brazilian manufacturer Embraer. These five ton, single engine, single seat aircraft are built for pilot training, but also perform quite well for counter-insurgency work.... The bubble canopy provides excellent visibility. This, coupled with its slow speed (versus jets), makes it an excellent ground attack aircraft.
Now why would the good patriots at Blackwater need airplanes that "can carry up to 1.5 tons of weapons, including 12.7mm machine-guns, bombs and missiles"? For their missions in Iraq, of course. Because, you know, the world's largest military merely owning everything that flies over a third-world country isn't enough in the way of air superiority.
My first thought was that this had to do with the Administration's almost promised plans to invade Iran. (Please please please please please please please PLEASE don't do that! I can hope, can't I?) How else are we supposed to keep Iraq's friendly skies safe while we're shocking and aweing the mullahs? But there's an even more awful prospect for these "excellent ground attack aircrafts." Here's Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater expert and biographer:
Blackwater's been in negotiations with several state governments in the United States. Blackwater met recently with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger about doing disaster response in California. They're opening up a new private military base in San Diego. Another one is in Mount Carroll, Illinois. They have applied for operating licenses in every coastal U.S. state.
That's right, folks: the U.S. military whose expenditures are almost half of the total military spending worldwide needs private military bases in the United States for some reason.
What might that reason be? Perhaps it has something to do with National Security Presidential Directive NSPD-51, which lays out exactly how the Executive Branch would run the entire government in the event of a "Catastrophic Emergency," which could be anything from a terrorist attack to the next Katrina, as far as the ambiguous wording of the directive is concerned:
"Catastrophic Emergency" means any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions
Meanwhile, the clergy is being enlisted to keep citizens in line in the event of a declaration of martial law. Is it really a coincidence that a private company with close ties to the GOP is arming itself with attack planes just at the moment when the President is laying the groundwork for extraordinary wartime powers? The calmer side of me says, "hold judgment." I just can't help but see a mercenary force of palace guards looming in the not-too-distant future.
Should it come to that, I hope Machiavelli's thoughts on mercenaries will prove valid:
Mercenaries and auxiliaries are useless and dangerous; and if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious and without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies; they have neither the fear of God nor fidelity to men, and destruction is deferred only so long as the attack is; for in peace one is robbed by them, and in war by the enemy.
Aw, but who am I kidding? If we've learned anything from the Iraq War it's that we can be robbed by mercenaries in war as well.
UPDATE: I've clarified my position re: conspiracy theories. Yes, this probably means I'll get some angry responses and self-righteous condemnations, but it seems that it had to be done.
Labels: Bush, mercenaries
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There is only one flaw in your analysis: Blackwater is owned, operated and staffed by fundamentalist Christians who have a vested interest in Armageddon. The highest positions in the Pentagon have also been taken over by fundamentalist Christians. One could make a case that the purging of any general who insisted on discussing reality with Bush about his Iraq war was a means of forcing out any general who did not buy the faith based war. For example, shortly after Rummy left, Peter Pace said publicly that he was "inspired by God". These are not ordinary mercenaries. They are religous fanatics aided and abetted by spineless bootlickers. That's why the far left is worried about martial law being declared to stop the '08 elections. After all, anywhere the military could not be used, Blackwater could be hired. Remember the 'detention pens' built by Halliburton an domestic military bases in 2005? They're not for illegal immigrants. Now that Bush can declare anyone an enemy combatant, lock them up for life and confiscate their property, those detention facilities look a lot more ominous, don't they?
I predict the Fundies and the Zioclowns will destroy each other once the financial house of cards collapses. They will be at each others' throats seeking control, meanwhile we the meek shall reinherit the earth. And a lot of fatties are going to lose their cursed weight during the coming famine. A good time will be had by all.
Utterly ridiculous.
The positions you lied were held by Christians are in fact held by 'People who love Israel'. What is the name for these people? Well, they are so powerful, have such media control, government control, and influence over public thought, that they can't have a name. All names mean the person using it is an 'anti-Semite'. They are the who is who of Zionism. Their think tanks, their plans, their wars, are Zionist. Christian-Zionism, like Judeo-Christianity, are not Christian.
Christians in their entirety are based on the teachings of Jesus, which in ONE LINE, looks like this:
Show compassion to all others, even though it will lead to your death - love your neighbors, your enemies, all people as you would love yourself.
Jesus would not bomb anyone. Is it a 'bad philosophy'? I dont know. Maybe. Going to your death in the name of love and forgiveness is a hard road.
Talmudists have many names. They are not Christian when pretending they are. They are Zionists.
But then as we all know, Zionists love to line up and pretend they speak for Christians. All genuine Christians can look forward to an ugly and undeserved death. That is what following Jesus means. That is what happened to him.
Israel-lovers gave us the Iraq war. Holocausted those people. Now, they pretend they never wanted it, and instead they fabricate an Iran war. To holocaust those people.
But don't ever openly admit they truth they wanted those wars, which they did. The truth is anti-semitic.
The positions you lied were held by Christians are in fact held by 'People who love Israel'. What is the name for these people? Well, they are so powerful, have such media control, government control, and influence over public thought, that they can't have a name. All names mean the person using it is an 'anti-Semite'. They are the who is who of Zionism. Their think tanks, their plans, their wars, are Zionist. Christian-Zionism, like Judeo-Christianity, are not Christian.
Christians in their entirety are based on the teachings of Jesus, which in ONE LINE, looks like this:
Show compassion to all others, even though it will lead to your death - love your neighbors, your enemies, all people as you would love yourself.
Jesus would not bomb anyone. Is it a 'bad philosophy'? I dont know. Maybe. Going to your death in the name of love and forgiveness is a hard road.
Talmudists have many names. They are not Christian when pretending they are. They are Zionists.
But then as we all know, Zionists love to line up and pretend they speak for Christians. All genuine Christians can look forward to an ugly and undeserved death. That is what following Jesus means. That is what happened to him.
Israel-lovers gave us the Iraq war. Holocausted those people. Now, they pretend they never wanted it, and instead they fabricate an Iran war. To holocaust those people.
But don't ever openly admit they truth they wanted those wars, which they did. The truth is anti-semitic.
These blackwater creeps are nothing more than the hired agents of the banking cartel.
It seems to me that they are to become the force behind the NWO ! Loyal only to those who pay them, and in the business of killing....... cause they like it.
x A side Note X
Alla...the god of the moslems,, is from my reading, the name of the god of the ancient Hebrews.
Later , the Hebrews turned away from Alla, and began to follow the God of the Phoenicians.. Molock !
The symbol of Moloch is the 6 pointed star,, often called the Star of David. It isn't the star of David, it is the Hegagram of Moloch.
Moloch,, as strange as it may seem,, is the god of ancient Atlantis....
It seems to me that they are to become the force behind the NWO ! Loyal only to those who pay them, and in the business of killing....... cause they like it.
x A side Note X
Alla...the god of the moslems,, is from my reading, the name of the god of the ancient Hebrews.
Later , the Hebrews turned away from Alla, and began to follow the God of the Phoenicians.. Molock !
The symbol of Moloch is the 6 pointed star,, often called the Star of David. It isn't the star of David, it is the Hegagram of Moloch.
Moloch,, as strange as it may seem,, is the god of ancient Atlantis....
The problem with this article is it shows EXCESSIVE bias towards paramilitary groups which is what Blackwater is. Bias is good becuase it is an opinion, but excessive bias is fanaticism in its own
right.
The author should also know that they are NOT generally disunited, unambitious and lacking discipline, unfaithful, unvaliant before friends, nor are they cowardly before enemies since the majority of Blackwater Associates have already been in service as Navy Seals, Army Rangers, Ex-Delta Forces, British SAS, etc. They're neither stupid nor untrained and in many cases DO IN FACT do their JOBS with professionalism and tact!
It does help to focus one's mind that 100 Grand A year + bonus is yours if you just DO YOUR DAMN JOB but many join Blackwater because they LIKE being professional soldiers and like the lifestyle. So you don't always have to rail against
Blackwater since they do provide a useful service in uncivil times and being paid much more than regular forces can be sent to do the "Dirty Jobs" no one else wants to do!
Thx
from
The Canadian Looking
Dispassionately At The
American Experience...
right.
The author should also know that they are NOT generally disunited, unambitious and lacking discipline, unfaithful, unvaliant before friends, nor are they cowardly before enemies since the majority of Blackwater Associates have already been in service as Navy Seals, Army Rangers, Ex-Delta Forces, British SAS, etc. They're neither stupid nor untrained and in many cases DO IN FACT do their JOBS with professionalism and tact!
It does help to focus one's mind that 100 Grand A year + bonus is yours if you just DO YOUR DAMN JOB but many join Blackwater because they LIKE being professional soldiers and like the lifestyle. So you don't always have to rail against
Blackwater since they do provide a useful service in uncivil times and being paid much more than regular forces can be sent to do the "Dirty Jobs" no one else wants to do!
Thx
from
The Canadian Looking
Dispassionately At The
American Experience...
I'm not going to address the "Blackwater's a bunch of fundies" arguments or the "Blackwater's the military arm of the zionist cabal" arguments because they're, well, a little out there. I had a feeling I'd get the conspiracy crowd 'round these parts with that post and biy, was I right.
Canadian, on the other hand, deserves a post of his own, which I intend to give him.
Canadian, on the other hand, deserves a post of his own, which I intend to give him.
Chistians don't run the show, high level Freemasonry (Oops!I said a dirty word) does. You think Bush is a Christian? He took an oath to Skull & Bones the Masonic "Brotherhood of death" at Yale. You think the power brokers at the Bohemian Grove go to church on Sunday? Wake up, you are boring me already.
I see another SA the STORMTROOPERS!
Isn't it strange that peaceful anti-war groups get investigated?
That people who own guns legally get raided by the alphabet agencies- BUT THESE GUYS HAVE A VIRTUAL STANDING ARMY AND NOONE GOES AFTER THEM AND RAIDS THEIR COMPOUND!
LOOKOUT AMERICA, THEY'VE GOT YOU IN THEIR SIGHTS!
Isn't it strange that peaceful anti-war groups get investigated?
That people who own guns legally get raided by the alphabet agencies- BUT THESE GUYS HAVE A VIRTUAL STANDING ARMY AND NOONE GOES AFTER THEM AND RAIDS THEIR COMPOUND!
LOOKOUT AMERICA, THEY'VE GOT YOU IN THEIR SIGHTS!
'fundamentalist Christians,Zionist'
Are a huge part in the momentum of this tragedy,most of us understand this.What comes to my attention is among all the players I havent seen much about England.Leaves my gut feeling as if 'They' are the true puppet masters and empire seekers.
Are a huge part in the momentum of this tragedy,most of us understand this.What comes to my attention is among all the players I havent seen much about England.Leaves my gut feeling as if 'They' are the true puppet masters and empire seekers.
Dear Brits, Canadians, and all who care. The Americans are the most violent society the world has ever seen. We (Americans) are the rejects and the seekers of all ethnic groups of the world. Much more to come. Sorry guys, that's just the way it is. Is Evergreen hiring? I'm bored and looking for some fun.
It is really ignorant to blame everything on 'Fundamentalist Chrsitians'. Most of the jokers in power who claim to be Christians are simply using the name of Christianity to get away with murder. The very first thing you learn when you become a Christian is NOT to believe somone is a Christian just because they say they are. You have to watch their actions. True Christians are non-violent and peace loving.
YOU LOT WILL BE SITTIN AT YOUR COMPUTER'S BLABBIN ON ABOUT THIS STUFF UNTILL YOU HEAR THE OMINOUS DRONE OF A BLACKWATER JET ZEROIN DOWN ON YOUR HOUSE'S TO BLOW YOU ALL TO KINGDOM COME, BYE BYE ALL HOPE WE ALL MEET UP ON THE FLIP SIDE, ITS GONNA BE JUST LIKE THE END OF DR STRANGELOVE, NUCLEAR BOMB'S GOIN OFF EVERYWHERE WITH VERA LIN SINGING WE'LL MEET AGAIN.
What the F is wrong with our f'ed up government that they are allowing these f'ers to have a private military on our soil? They should all be rounded up and sent to Git'mo.
Blackwater is owned wholly by the Carlyle Group, who's major shareholders include the Bush Family, The Bin Laden Family and The British Royal Family.
Enough said really.....we are all fucked!
Enough said really.....we are all fucked!
Blackwater will hire foriegners to come to America to enforce
the Martial law and round you up into camps those that have debts wont be able to pay them soon so you will be rounded up and brought to slave work camps and you will
work off your debts or be exterminated
American soldiers would not do this so they need a way to get foriegners to do it to you as your military is punished in the hot hot sun of Iraq they will be a beaten down force soon they will be in no position to do anything at all about it
Soon you will see the police in black water uniforms they will get 1/2 the pay they get now and al have foriegn accents and passports
most people think its a joke
you will be shocked at what you will see the American $ is heading for a value of 1/10 if its present valuation
the Martial law and round you up into camps those that have debts wont be able to pay them soon so you will be rounded up and brought to slave work camps and you will
work off your debts or be exterminated
American soldiers would not do this so they need a way to get foriegners to do it to you as your military is punished in the hot hot sun of Iraq they will be a beaten down force soon they will be in no position to do anything at all about it
Soon you will see the police in black water uniforms they will get 1/2 the pay they get now and al have foriegn accents and passports
most people think its a joke
you will be shocked at what you will see the American $ is heading for a value of 1/10 if its present valuation
I am so weary of this crap. I'm "clergy" and the only place I've ever heard that we're being suckered into supporting the government in anything is on these wacked out, conspiracy-driven sites. Look, ever since Jesus was executed by the government, and all through 2000 years of persecution of Jews & Christians, we clergy have remained suspicious of governmental power. You're simply fools & idiots to believe this crap that the clergy would somehow assist the government like this.
All these pathetic Demiurg worshipping groupings have lost their battle already.
And face the ugly truth: They just aren`t very bright - these minds tangled up in materialism and violence only.
Just a passing thing LOL - the future will belong to the meek and gentle.
marc deveraux
And face the ugly truth: They just aren`t very bright - these minds tangled up in materialism and violence only.
Just a passing thing LOL - the future will belong to the meek and gentle.
marc deveraux
I don't have much to say to the conspiracy-minded among you except to ask that you at least try to see the world through lenses that don't confirm your biases.
As for the member of the clergy who wrote: I'm sure you would never do such a thing, nor would most of the clergy in America. Having said that, history shows us that men of the cloth have been willing conspirators in some horrible atrocities, from the massacres of Native Americans to the Holocaust. This isn't to say that the profession is dishonorable, just as prone to human failings as any other. I hope it never comes to the point where you have to make that decision.
As for the member of the clergy who wrote: I'm sure you would never do such a thing, nor would most of the clergy in America. Having said that, history shows us that men of the cloth have been willing conspirators in some horrible atrocities, from the massacres of Native Americans to the Holocaust. This isn't to say that the profession is dishonorable, just as prone to human failings as any other. I hope it never comes to the point where you have to make that decision.
I am so weary of this crap. I'm "clergy" and the only place I've ever heard that we're being suckered into supporting the government in anything is on these wacked out, conspiracy-driven sites. Look, ever since Jesus was executed by the government, and all through 2000 years of persecution of Jews & Christians, we clergy have remained suspicious of governmental power. You're simply fools & idiots to believe this crap that the clergy would somehow assist the government like this.
You would feel better if the MSM was telling you this? LOL
You read the bible "clergy"?
Like the article said ,just because they say they are christion...
Fool even the elect,If this is possible.
Been fooled?
You would feel better if the MSM was telling you this? LOL
You read the bible "clergy"?
Like the article said ,just because they say they are christion...
Fool even the elect,If this is possible.
Been fooled?
"There is only one flaw in your analysis: Blackwater is owned, operated and staffed by fundamentalist Christians who have a vested interest in Armageddon. The highest positions in the Pentagon have also been taken over by fundamentalist Christians."
Sorry, but there is a flaw in YOUR analysis. These people are NOT "fundamentalist Christians." They are PHONY Christians who use "God" as an excuse for what they do while hiding the fact that it has more to do with power and greed than God.
Sorry, but there is a flaw in YOUR analysis. These people are NOT "fundamentalist Christians." They are PHONY Christians who use "God" as an excuse for what they do while hiding the fact that it has more to do with power and greed than God.
Let's think about something for a second. You are talking like mercenaries are just going to walk in here and rout the country with the most heavily armed civilian population known in history. 90% of the american people own guns! They own them because they know how to use them. There are individuals, paramilitaries, malitia groups and they are scattered all over this country. Good luck and may God have mercy on their souls because it WILL be a blood bath on both sides.
"Let's think about something for a second. You are talking like mercenaries are just going to walk in here and rout the country with the most heavily armed civilian population known in history."
I doubt that it will get to the point of allout war on the streets of America between Blackwater and the rest of America's citizens. That doesn't lessen the unconstitutionality of this move one iota, doesn't make this any less of an assault on our civil liberties, and it doesn't make this any less of an authoritarian power-grab by the Executive Branch and its corporate interests.
I'm actually more fearful of that NOT happening early on, and Americans getting comfortable with the presence of private military bases in their communities. Then when those guys are sent to quell some uprising by "domestic enemies," too many will say it's a good thing. You know, to protect our liberty. They hate us for our freedom.
I doubt that it will get to the point of allout war on the streets of America between Blackwater and the rest of America's citizens. That doesn't lessen the unconstitutionality of this move one iota, doesn't make this any less of an assault on our civil liberties, and it doesn't make this any less of an authoritarian power-grab by the Executive Branch and its corporate interests.
I'm actually more fearful of that NOT happening early on, and Americans getting comfortable with the presence of private military bases in their communities. Then when those guys are sent to quell some uprising by "domestic enemies," too many will say it's a good thing. You know, to protect our liberty. They hate us for our freedom.
Utter and absolute CRAP! Both the article and the shallow responses are ludicrous.
It all justifies the need for an internet license.
It all justifies the need for an internet license.
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