In the aftermath of 17 Iraqi citizens dead at the gun barrels of Blackwater's guards the State Department grants them immunity from prosecution, according to The Associated Press.
So, an investigation that aims to uncover the persons responsible for the killings takes a path that simultaneous exonerates those same persons for their crimes. And the Iraqi's are suppose to trust that what the U.S. administration has at heart is the interests of the Iraqi people. Sure.
Can you imagine what would happen if such an event was to occur on U.S. soil and the Iraqi government was to promise immunity to its private corporation's security guards. All hell would break lose, heads would fall and there would be no end to the bravado.
Does this not further set precedence for private contractors to act with reckless abandon as they are given every reason to believe that it is their interests, and in the interest of their corporations amassing greater profits, that the U.S. administration is concerned?
Detainees being abused and tortured, civilians being routinely killed and communities terrorized by private contractors. Somehow I can't but feel that the majority of the population of this country fails to comprehend the significance and horror of this fact.
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See Shadow Company to learn more about the facts about the outsourcing the War on Iraq.
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