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joeblowe1 year, 7 months ago
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This is despicable. I'd like to know how the people committing these crimes are able to escape prison? Apparently our government - and the "new" government in Iraq are impotent. My strong advice - DO NOT WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE. If no one is willing to risk their own safety because of these incidents (which certainly seems reasonable in the case of females) pretty soon they will have a VERY difficult time filling those jobs. At ANY salary. THIS could well be their punishment: no more hefty government contracts because no one will work for them.
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Beau78901 year, 7 months ago
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They're able to escape prison because the contracts for the private companies in Iraq include a provision that the companies can't be sued or prosecuted for their actions or the actions of their employees. It's outrageous, and though the Iraqi government (for instance) wants Blackwater out and contracts changed, our government won't let them. (More proof that we're not really interested in setting up a sovereign government in Iraq, just a branch office of the U.S. government.)
And unfortunately, KBR, Blackwater, Halliburton and the like won't have any problem filling jobs there--most people don't pay attention to the news or to these stories.
Let's hope Congress gets its act together and pressures Bush and Cheney to change the terms of the contracts--it REALLY looks bad for the White House to condone gang rapes and disallow prosecution, and I can't imagine any way to spin it so it looks better. Maybe McCain will weigh in--anyone know how he voted on the bill?
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TimALoftis1 year, 7 months ago
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'Maybe McCain will weigh in--anyone know how he voted on the bill?'
Unfortunately with McCain what he did/said a few years or even a few months back means very little now. He has taken on the role as Washington's flip flopper in chief.
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donald511 year, 7 months ago
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sole source contracts with little or no review to buddies...tend to abuse the workers for same... such is life in a corrupt Repug world! Congress won't be able to correct this until after Dumya is gone and then we won't have to worry about a minority of Senate Repugs backing his vetos!
McCain would be just more of Dumya...look how the congressional repugs have stood by their failed leader for over 6 years with senate repugs are going for 8 years!
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