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Blackwater Founder Implicated In Murder Of Witnesses Against Them.
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kylebisme
Diamond Member
Do you have any charges against The Nation's journalistic standards, or simply their political leanings? I'm guessing it's just the latter based on the fact that you had no issue starting a thread based on unidentified and unverified persons from the winguts at Debka.
PJABBER
Diamond Member
I think you might be enlightened by getting outside of your comfort zone and reading a bit more than Democrat Party press releases and talking point regurgitators.
These three excellent books by Bernard Goldberg would be a good start -
A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media
and
Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
and
Arrogance: Rescuing America From the Media Elite
The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States by Si Sheppard might tickle you if you want a bit of history with your morning espresso shot.
Pens1566
Lifer
Keep trying to derail the discussion away from the facts, but it won't change them. :roll:
If there's a microgram of humanity left in you, you don't even have to go as far as disproving the allegations. All you have to do is agree that the charges, as stated, describe serioius crimes that should not be tolerated and wait to see what the evidence shows.
I seriously doubt that you have any way to disprove these charges against Prince and Blackwater. I know I don't have all the facts. I just want to see the whole truth about what they've done as well as their questionable relationships with the Bushwhackos.
PJABBER
Diamond Member
Harvey sez,
PJABBER said,
I believe the standard reply, and one that I adhere to, is that the man is to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Time will tell. But if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath in the hope these charges have much behind them and do more than regurgitate previous attempts to castigate and to besmirch, now for the sake of monetary gain.
The broader debate should be about the appropriateness of the use of contracted private military and security forces in the furtherance of U.S. geopolitics.
PJABBER said,
I believe the standard reply, and one that I adhere to, is that the man is to be considered innocent until proven guilty.
Time will tell. But if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath in the hope these charges have much behind them and do more than regurgitate previous attempts to castigate and to besmirch, now for the sake of monetary gain.
The broader debate should be about the appropriateness of the use of contracted private military and security forces in the furtherance of U.S. geopolitics.
Fear No Evil
Diamond Member
Coming from the guy who plagerizes websites and claims it as his own work. That kind of thought? How to copy and paste other people's work and claim it as your own? If thats what you mean by thought, then I guess you may be right about PJABBER.
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The bolded is an unacceptable slur on Harvey, the person and poster. Enjoy your vacation. Yhpm.
Perknose
Senior AT Mod
How is that related to the accusation that Erik Prince may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating Blackwater?
How is that related to the accusation that he and Blackwater trafficked in illegal arms and ammunition?
How is that related to the accusation and his murder for hire gang are on a messianic self-styled Christian crusade as stone whack as any fundimentalist Islamic jihadi?
Atreus21
Lifer
how is it not illegal for mercenaries to be hired for use in war?
I mean, doesn't that create a ginormous propensity for corruption, not to mention inflict a huge morale hit on volunteer troops who don't get a normal paycheck? (On the other hand, I'd bet mercs don't get some of the perks of being in the military.)
Nonetheless, the propensity for corruption alone, one would think, would speak volumes.
I mean, doesn't that create a ginormous propensity for corruption, not to mention inflict a huge morale hit on volunteer troops who don't get a normal paycheck? (On the other hand, I'd bet mercs don't get some of the perks of being in the military.)
Nonetheless, the propensity for corruption alone, one would think, would speak volumes.
Mercenary work is murder for hire. You might get murdered back. One of their employees got drunk, and shot the Iraqi Vice Presidents bodyguard in front of witnesses. Blackwater smuggled him out of the country, of course.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c..._webblackwater15m.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.c..._webblackwater15m.html
I linked to the source for the quote in the OP, I never claimed it as my own, and I included all accreditation on the page in my quote.
Your statement is a freaking lie, it's off topic and it's a personal attack. And you're the same brain dead troll who can't post ONE credible link, quote, fact, name, date or statute to support his often stated accusations that President Obama is a murderer and a traitor. :roll:
And the song, lyrics and copyright are mine. :music: 😎
Fear No Evil
Diamond Member
Its now a personal attack to point out that you are plagerizing the work of others and passing it off as your own? You claimed you did all this research. I haven't seen much proof of you doing anything but copying others.
Oh yeah, a personal attack would be you posting the following:
I guess that was a 'factual' post? Give me a break Harvey. Grow a pair.
It is? The first sentence in my OP credits the author and the source:
That's followed by a link directly to the original source site for the story. Obviously, you don't know the first thing about intellectual property law, or you'd know that posting such material for public discussion with full accreditation is called "fair use."
No, that was sarcasm playing with PJABBER's equally sarcastic post:
Did I plagerize that, too? :roll:
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
You wouldn't know what a pair looks like if you aimed a microscope inside your own Jockey shorts. :laugh:
lupi
Lifer
Seems to be a reply based on what someone else said, but hey that's just me reading the entire quoted discussion.
FNE: Start sending PMs (unless your vacation was screwed up leaving you without access at all to AT) to D.W along with emails (which is probably better anyway as it takes him effort at least to delete those from his regular email account).
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It is time to start cracking down on those, like you, who refuse to follow our guidelines about where and when to dispute moderator decisions. One week off.
Perknose
Senior AT Mod
JD50
Lifer
You're a fucking piece of shit. Do you have any proof whatsoever that those men ever did anything to deserve what happened to them? I know several people that were employed by BW and they would never do anything like what is alleged in the OP. I'm pretty sure that you're just trolling but I have no doubt that some of the other leftist whackos here share your thoughts.
Here's a shock for ya JD -- I agree that, unless CitizenKain can document that the guys who were strung up were the guilty parties, his post was overboard.
Sadly, we know for a fact that Blackwater has committed crimes against Iraqis.
I don't condone innocent people, including Blackwater mercs, being strung up, but I can understand Iraqis' hostility when they're living in a war zone and seeing identifiable Blackwater mercs gunning down their own innocent people.
I still lay all of it back to the Bushwhackos who lied to start the whole hellish mess in Iraq and put Blackwater there under no bid contracts.
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