blackwater

I'm sure you remember the disturbing images of four charred bodies hanging from a bridge in Falluja. It was a tragedy, no matter which way you look at it. But, after hearing about it, I distinctly remember thinking: why those four "civilian contractors" were just driving around this unstable area without an armed escort?

Only now do I realize that they were the armed escort, mercenaries hired on US taxpayer money, doing the fighting (supposedly on our behalf) with no oversight of the traditional army structure.

You need to read this article, then sit back and think, where in the hell are we heading as a nation...