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    Blackwater — cute or scary?

    Posted by Charles Cameron on December 17th, 2010 (All posts by )

    [ cross-posted from Zenpundit ]

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    This DoubleQuote was prompted by Spencer Ackerman, writing on Danger Room today: Will Blackwater Go Vegan After Sale to Hippy Firm?

     

    This entry was posted on Friday, December 17th, 2010 at 4:46 pm and is filed under Diversions, Humor, Markets and Trading, Military Affairs, Miscellaneous, Style. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    2 Responses to “Blackwater — cute or scary?”

    1. Jonathan Says:
      December 18th, 2010 at 4:57 am

      Cute/scary is a false dichotomy. The question is whether there are better alternatives. The critics implicitly assume that using government employees for the jobs Blackwater and similar firms do would work better. Not only is this assumption not obviously valid, it’s reasonable to assume that use of US military resources instead of Blackwater would make public scrutiny and accountability for misconduct far more difficult.

    2. Charles Cameron Says:
      December 18th, 2010 at 7:29 pm

      That’s an interesting thought, Jonathan.

      I must admit I was mostly taken by the kitty patches, and the idea of selling Blackwater to a group that’s heavily into health foods.

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