Comments on: Blackwater 2.0: ‘Operator Disneyland’

By: reshtet

reshtet — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:13:10 +0000

Oh boy!Military.com posted the lamest post ever…
Just like they were looking to put up ABN,in the box I typed my mail.…Its your cursor admn…

By: reshtet

reshtet — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:09:26 +0000

How is a security firm anywhere near“Insurgency?“
That was a non thinking process or familiarization.

By: Ptsfp

Ptsfp — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:20:35 +0000

It looks like the South African special task force lost 60% of their people to companies like Blackwater in 2004.
Great for the US, not so good for South Africa. These guys are very impressive. When Clinton visited South Africa, the STF was the only South African force allowed to help with security. From what they say, they have not lost a hostage in 20 years, and sometimes they do hostage rescues daily.
Can’t blame them though, I am just glad that they are on our side.

By: CTR1(SW)

CTR1(SW) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:39:00 +0000

Joe — Thanks for the background on the “good” congressman from VA. I was unaware.
Curious though, Isn’t “Haditha” Murtha also a vietnam era Marine. See how wonderful and helpful he has been for his fellow servicemen and women.
It is discourageing the number of veterans who become politicians and “drink the koolaid” in D.C.

By: atmiller

atmiller — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:45:42 +0000

Our military needs to funnel some of the billions of dollars we give them to the soldiers. If we paid our soldiers decent wages, then we wouldn’t lose our elite soldiers to the mercenary groups.
The government pays millions to train them, then pays Blackwater to use the mercenaries that the government paid to train in the first place. Only our government can be that stupid and still be in business.

By: DensityDuck

DensityDuck — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:21:10 +0000

Paul: In general, private industry pays better than government work–even for soldiers(*). Heck, if the government paid better, they’d just stay in the Army!
(*) please don’t give me a ration of shit here, I know that everyone who carries a gun likes to have their own personal descriptor.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000

“As for the congressman from VA: He should stick to the martini lunches and leave the warfighting to the warfighters.“
The Congressmen from VA is former Secretary of the Navy and a retired Marine who served in Vietnam.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:09:11 +0000

Here is a post from Military.com:
“Has anyone cought the connection: Black Water = Oil. Blackwater is a baby company of Halliburton. Their main purpose in the global war on terror is to protect “energy resources.” That’s all you need to know. Everything else is a smokescreen… “
With leftist craziness like that, how can Blackwater counter with a PR campaign. So what.
The Romans had a saying: NON CARBORUNDUM EST
The Arabs have a saying: “Dogs may bark, but the caravan rolls on”.
Or an American might say: “Keep on truckin’, Blackwater!”

By: stephen russell

stephen russell — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:23:40 +0000

I say Re market Blackwater & expand BW Ops to:
CA NV NC FL PR USVI? HI, AZ, UT, CO?
Reorganize Co.
Rethink training & tactics.
Hire New Blood.
Hire more ex vets & ex cops.
Imagine Blackwater, Oahu HI or Sedona AZ or
29 Palms CA etc.
More diverse ops & locales & globalwide employee base.
Some good can come from this.
Change Mgmt.
Yes Shoot when Being Fired Upon or
test BW operators on US Mex border, Good trial run alone on US Mex border.

By: conlad

conlad — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:30:06 +0000

Hmm, first of all a comment to all those who critic the notion of experienced soldiers leaving the field to train: Blackwater is doing exactly that! They simply lure these men away from the field with money, and then charge the armed forces a hefty amount to train their recruits. Of course, if these men are already leaving the force no matter what, then I guess having Blackwater putting their skills to good use is better than nothing, but I can’t say how many leave for money and how many leave for other reasons. However, whatever the reason, the case is that good soldiers leave the frontlines, or mayhaps return to it just under another flag, and leave your forces bare of some really good elements and you must pay extra to recover their expertise.
Another point you, americans, should remember. These are mercenaries, and as such obey ultimately the money. And it’s a good thing your government is their main client, keeping in that way their loyalty, but Blackwater has centers all around the world, and do any of you know who gets trained there? Or for whom do they operate for? I’d like to think security forces (and ones friendly to your country), but, again, money and nothing else talks in this case.
Just give it a thought, but remember, history teaches that mercenaries are only a bad neccesity, never a solution.