Blackwater Out of The Security Business
July 23rd, 2008 by SocProf and tagged Blackwater, New Wars, Private Military Companies, Privatization
This qualifies as good news, I guess:
Blackwater to leave security business following problems in Iraq | World news | guardian.co.uk via kwout
And it was also able to operate with immunity in Iraq, which is what made it controversial. Ultimately, the US Congress passed a law to have military codes apply to private military contractors.
But let’s not feel too bad for Blackwater. It has operations all over the world and a major training facility in North Carolina.
Hopefully, this would trigger a serious discussion of the role of private military contractors in contemporary conflicts and the whole trend toward privatization that accompanies militarization.
For starters, it would be a great idea to revisit the following:
- P. W. Singer, Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry
- Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
- Robert Greenwald, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Posted in Mass Violence, New Wars | 1 Comment »
July 24th, 2008 at 10:58 am
What is Prince and Tyrell NOT saying when they say “other markets”, “expand in another area”, the word “area” means they are moving their band of unsocialized thugs to where the money is, FEMA now parented under “Homeland” Security, borderstations, anywhere the disaster capitalists would like them to go at home and abroad.
We’ll be seeing them let the lawless vicious dogs more commonly in the streets of the u.s..
Prince makes my skin crawl.
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