[lbo-talk] Iraq: neoliberal "reform" + occupation repression

[Dwayne Monroe]

Chuck Grimes writes:

I rented Lord of War tonight. The voice over monologue
of Nicholas Cage expresses itself so well that it
needs no analysis.

[...]


I've often thought the drug trade was the last and
best example of capitalism and classical
economics---following the tenets of supply and demand
and free market self-regulation in its purist form.
But I was wrong. I think that weapons are probably a
better example---particularly those like the automatic
assault rifle that require vast amounts of ammunition
to keep them working.

[...]


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And of course, until the age of fully autonomous
killing machines arrives (and what a sunshiney day
that will be) hands are needed to pull triggers to
keep the expensive metal flowing.

Hands the ambitious "stability operations firm"
Blackwater USA is ready, willing and, the capabilities
brochure, exciting marketing vid and slick website all
assure us, able to provide.




Blackwater USA says it can supply forces for conflicts


By BILL SIZEMORE, The Virginian-Pilot

March 30, 2006

Stepping into a potential political minefield,
Blackwater USA is offering itself up as an army for
hire to police the world's trouble spots.

Cofer Black, vice chairman of the Moyock, N.C.-based
private military company, told an international
conference in Amman, Jordan, this week that Blackwater
stands ready to help keep or restore the peace
anywhere it is needed.

Such a role would be a quantum leap for Blackwater and
raises a host of policy questions.

Until now, the eight-year-old company has confined
itself to training military and police personnel and
providing security guards for government and private
clients. Under Black's proposal, it would take on an
overt combat role.

"We're low-cost and fast," Black was quoted as saying.
"The issue is, who's going to let us play on their
team?"

Unlike national and multinational armies, which tend
to get bogged down by political and logistical
limitations, Black said, Blackwater could have a
small, nimble, brigade-size force ready to move into a
troubled region on short notice.


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full at --


<http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=102251&ran=202519&tref=po>




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