PatekPhilippe
Senior Member
Why were they tried in the USA? The alleged crime was committed in Iraq and they have a democratically elected government and all that.
The Blackwater persons were civilian mercenaries not military.
The bush admin made sure Blackwater was immune from prosecution by any Iraqi agency when their contracts were drawn.
Why does the Bush admin hate our military so much anyways? Why didn't it trust our military? Is our military really that shitty the government had to outsource security?
First of all...our military has the same rules applied to them...no foreign prosecutions allowed....you got that down yet? Second of all Blackwater(now Xe) was used, and is still being used, for security of high ranking Iraqi officials and Diplomats....THIS IS NOT WHAT THE MILITARY DOES..you got that yet? The same basic rules that apply TO STATE DEPARTMENT DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AGENTS who protect diplomats and high ranking officials in U.S. Embassy's around the world were written into the Blackwater contract!....You getting all this yet?