tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post4175476238615682091..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: "Blackwater Select": Latest revelations about the Hessians, er, ah, I mean, Blackwater, no, uh, the Xe-nons.Dutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-37458031531765048612009-08-24T14:04:12.430-05:002009-08-24T14:04:12.430-05:00To steal a line from ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, th...To steal a line from ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, these guys "would kill you for a Klondike bar."<br /><br />ScottJ - I feel your pain, I'm a mere 6 months ahead of you.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737931674726298257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-82451546037447772852009-08-22T15:13:43.990-05:002009-08-22T15:13:43.990-05:00If so, you probably thought the PATRIOT Act was ju...<i>If so, you probably thought the PATRIOT Act was just about Islamofascist airplane hijackers, right?</i><br /><br />Unfortunately, I did.<br /><br />I spent 8 years blinded by rage over what the Islamofascists did.<br /><br />The past 7 months (since I was introduced to this place) have been a painful awakening.ScottJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-38359793192017835532009-08-22T15:07:52.681-05:002009-08-22T15:07:52.681-05:00The NYT is the best intel agent the other side has...The NYT is the best intel agent the other side has... sigh...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-32675754004465839712009-08-22T11:03:14.266-05:002009-08-22T11:03:14.266-05:00The use of contractors will allow the "standi...The use of contractors will allow the "standing army" of Federal LEOs and Federalized state/local police departments to obtain assets, skillsets, and additional headcount w/o involving (at least at first) the .mil folks in the regulars/reserves/National Guard -- especially given that many of the the .mil folks will have their own views on loyalty and on which way to aim their weapons.<br /><br />You can therefore count on the use of contractors in the upcoming excitement. <br /><br />Thing is -- unlike the Hessians, who left Mama and the kids back in Europe back in 1775-76, both the new Hessians and their "standing army" colleagues will have all of their soft assets here in the theatre of operations. <br /><br />Funny thing, that. <br /><br />A somewhat-related brief comment from a buddy's son, who is back in the States recuperating after getting shot up in Afghanistan:<br /><br />We were discussing the differences between "leaders" and "managers", and the young soldier simply said, "'Managers' are the ones <i>we</i> shoot."<br /><br />'Nuff said.Concerned Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257709418390025182noreply@blogger.com