Contractor's Creed, or what the Blackwater thugs REALLY think

Who's Sorry Now?

The mercenary army is nothing new. It happened in Vietnam, in Haiti, in Kosovo. It happened in the Russian/Afghan war. What is new is the private military contractor killer present now in Iraq and (maybe) soon to be Iran.

A new must read is the book Licensed to Kill - Hired Guns in the War on Terror by Robert Young Pelton. After reading this book, we're interested to see what happens if there is a US Military draft....what effect, if any, would this new hired gun trend have on that?

Here's the Contractor's Creed that apparently made the rounds in the military and defense email world and is quoted in his book

The Private Military Contractor's Creed

I am a U.S. contractor. I look out for myself, the operators to my left and
right, and no one else. I will always take advantage of the fact that I
can finally tell military officers to pound sand, and will do so at every
opportunity.

I am my country's scapegoat, the "plausible deniability"
warrior, and I love it.

Less than $700 dollars a day is unacceptable.

I am trained to eat things that would make a billy goat puke, but will
refuse anything less than 60 dollars per diem because I am greedy.

I care not for ribbon's and awards for valor. I do this job for the
opportunity to kill the enemies of my country, and to finally get that
boat I've always wanted.

I will be in better shape than 99% of the active duty personnel, although
this is not hard.

I will equip myself with the latest high speed gear, and will trick out
my M4 until it weighs more than 24 lbs, not because it works better, but
because it looks cool in the photographs.

I will carry more weapons, ammunition, and implements of death on my
person, than an infantry fire team, and when engaged I will lay waste to
everything around me.

In any combat zone, I will always locate the swimming pool, beer, and
women, because I can.

I will deploy on my terms, and if it ever gets too stupid,

I will simply find another company that pays me more.

I swear!

Blackwater Video - Who are they, anyway?

Blackwater is accused of "killing for sport" - especially this last week, with the Iraqis pushing back on what's going on in Baghdad. Here's a 5 min video intro:

Blackwater shoots to kill in Baghdad

Remember the Contractor's Creed?

I am a U.S. contractor. I look out for myself, the operators to my left and right, and no one else. I will always take advantage of the fact that I can finally tell military officers to pound sand, and will do so at every opportunity....I do this job for the opportunity to kill the enemies of my country, and to finally get that boat I've always wanted.

Well, turns out that the Blackwater boys are living up to their creed and now they're shooting to kill on the streets of Baghdad, wait, what? Oh, it must be that$109M contract....fu@k democracy - that's for the US Army....Folks, this is getting sickening.

Blackwater's security consulting division holds at least $109 million worth of State Department contracts in Iraq, and its employees operate in a perilous environment that sometimes requires the use of deadly force. But last week's incidents underscored how deeply these hired guns have been drawn into the war, their murky legal status and the grave consequences that can ensue when they take aggressive action.