tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656507325922162214.post7678277380785463635..comments2007-11-08T11:53:18.309-08:00Comments on The smoking gun: Private Military Corporations: Well Oiled Machine or Rogue Organization?NMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159856671584934509noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8656507325922162214.post-34675300283873782702007-10-11T11:47:00.000-07:002007-10-11T11:47:00.000-07:00I would like to begin by praising you for a well s...I would like to begin by praising you for a well structured argument and overall blog. The graphics were excellent choices considering the content which they were supplementing. I am sure that the photo of Erik Prince, looking like a wall street investor rather than a navy seal had a relationship with the rise in contracts from on million to one billion.<BR/>The argument you present is enriched by your overall ability to take an objective viewpoint with regards to your conclusion. It is certainly a timely issue and one which requires a deep objective analysis before absolutes are reached, which again you have done well.<BR/>With regards to your second graphic, I would like to suggest that perhaps a photo of Blackwater troops shown guarding the U.S. State Department officials would perhaps have giving a stronger sense to the reader of the important role they serve within Iraq.<BR/>Also, in perhaps you could have found an article to link to the recent 11 "civilians" who were shot by Blackwater employees would have been helping for me to determine my own thoughts on the subject. I am sure you would agree that in the current situation within Iraq words such as civilian vs. insurgent have a remarkable ability to be in some way interchangeable depending on who reports the incident and what their feelings are on the war overall.<BR/>With that said you presented an issue of interest with clarity which was both informative and interesting. You have left me with a good deal of well formulated information and presented to me some guidance of how this issue may be addressed in the future and I am now left to ask myself the question of how such an issues should be dealt with, considering the important role that companies like Blackwater hold in Iraq.SDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802499422281330822noreply@blogger.com