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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:00 PM
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Last night CNNI reported US troop displeasure with our mercenaries
The story was focused on the dangerous ten mile stretch of road between Baghdad International and the Green Zone. A Master SGT was talking about the need to befriend the Iraqis along that road in an effort to "recruit" them to help police it. CNNI then showed the private contractor MERCS driving down the same road in their SUVs shooting at everyone in sight, undermining the goals of the US military. The MSGT blasted the MERCS right on CNNI, a jaw-dropping moment.
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Trajan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:05 PM
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1. Not the first ....
and justified in every way ....

The assholes hired by the PNAC regime get the highest pay, the best equipment, and do the greatest harm with the least honor ....

They are scum ... whores of death .....
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:08 PM
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3. Why was Bremer protected by mercs and not soldiers?
Who decided $200k/yr mercs would protect him rather than Sgt. Shit at $35K/yr? Answer me that!
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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:09 PM
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4. It was a first for CNNI, for slightly hinting at festering problems
beneath the thin layer of justification for this invasion.
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shance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:07 PM
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2. Would the mercenaries be there to specifically promote instability?
Like the British troops found in "drag".

Could the mercenaries be engaging in creating the chaos to keep us there.
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lebkuchen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-12-05 11:10 PM
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5. excellent "out of the box" point
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