Comments on: Blackwater Parasite: Contractor Recruits US Troops On Duty in War Zone http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/06/blackwater-parasite/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:12:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Madison http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/06/blackwater-parasite/comment-page-1/#comment-472691 Madison Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:56:37 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/06/blackwater-parasite/#comment-472691 It's a good thing our grandfathers were the sort of money-grubbing unpatriotic jerks you're describing or we'd all be speaking German and Japanese. These guys are working against the interests of the U.S. government and are anti-American, by definition. But, hey, don't sweat it. Bush is borrowing the millions to pay the Blackwater mercenaries from the communist Chinese. What could possibly go wrong with that? It’s a good thing our grandfathers were the sort of money-grubbing unpatriotic jerks you’re describing or we’d all be speaking German and Japanese.

These guys are working against the interests of the U.S. government and are anti-American, by definition.

But, hey, don’t sweat it. Bush is borrowing the millions to pay the Blackwater mercenaries from the communist Chinese. What could possibly go wrong with that?

]]> By: Fortify http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/06/blackwater-parasite/comment-page-1/#comment-472630 Fortify Sat, 01 Mar 2008 19:11:51 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/10/06/blackwater-parasite/#comment-472630 I don't think you are right in forming opinions about these things. All of your facts seem to be correct, but how you have tied them together and what rationales you have left out make your piece misinforming. Special Operators are trained people. Take the U.S. Army special forces, the green berets colloquially. These individuals train for a year only after a grueling year long selection process. (They even have to master a foreign language.) Likewise, the U.S. Navy Seals go through an extensive training program that lasts about a year. This is an initial investment by the U.S. taxpayers. This is what is being taken advantage of by Blackwater worldwide. However, the thing about training is that it must be done frequently. It's also expensive. Blackwater pays for its training. In actuality, if there was a commando for sale for $500,000 whom a government didn't need to feed or train, it would be cheaper for the government to hire that individual than it would be to put ten 20-yr. old recruits through the expensive 18X pipeline only to get one special forces soldier in the end. Why else would the government be hiring these individuals? I assure you there is no shortage of 20-yr. old males with dreams of heroism in our country. I don’t think you are right in forming opinions about these things. All of your facts seem to be correct, but how you have tied them together and what rationales you have left out make your piece misinforming.

Special Operators are trained people. Take the U.S. Army special forces, the green berets colloquially. These individuals train for a year only after a grueling year long selection process. (They even have to master a foreign language.) Likewise, the U.S. Navy Seals go through an extensive training program that lasts about a year. This is an initial investment by the U.S. taxpayers. This is what is being taken advantage of by Blackwater worldwide.

However, the thing about training is that it must be done frequently. It’s also expensive. Blackwater pays for its training.

In actuality, if there was a commando for sale for $500,000 whom a government didn’t need to feed or train, it would be cheaper for the government to hire that individual than it would be to put ten 20-yr. old recruits through the expensive 18X pipeline only to get one special forces soldier in the end.

Why else would the government be hiring these individuals? I assure you there is no shortage of 20-yr. old males with dreams of heroism in our country.

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