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So it's an oxymoron, in other words.....:D

I think part of the argument here is that many PMCs currently in theater are exceeding their security brief. Overly aggressive security operations are often only a hair's breadth away from combat...

Contractors for services are a slightly different proposition from the gun-toting PMCs that sparked a great deal of this discussion. As I mentioned in another post some time back, the Army has used...

I'm very much in favor of handing them over to local authorities or if that's not possible conducting any proceedings in the same area as the incident. My comments weren't directed as much at the IO...

I believe this is the case for officers, but EM are not subject to recall (one of the reasons Calley was the only one ever really put on trial for . That would just shift the PMC hiring targets a...

Then maybe someone should try nailing the accountability to DOS and see how fast they can scamper for the darkness....

To be honest, I tend to lump Blackwater statements into the same group as Microsoft statements that they are not a monopoly....:wry:

Blackwater has a vested interest (read money...both for current...

Do you have links or information (that can be posted without issues) to back up this statement? Providing something would be greatly appreciated, if for no other reason than to provide contrast to...

but not a good move on Blackwater's part...assuming of course that the current story is what actually happened. I haven't heard enough about this yet to hazard a guess either way.