I rented Lord of War tonight. The voice over monologue of Nicholas Cage expresses itself so well that it needs no analysis.
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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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--------- Sí, los terroristas son nihilists pero sus enemigos son nihilists también.