America's 1st Black Messiah turns Blackwater into whine

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David__77 (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-30-11 07:44 PM
Original message
Rebels may be bolstered by private armies, report says
 Source: The Australian

 
Private contractors could be sent by the US to Libya to help rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi under plans being considered in the event of a stalemate in the conflict. Source: AP

US President Barack Obama has not ruled out shipments of arms to the opponents of the dictator, although critics fear that such a move might lead to the deployment of ground troops to offer training and support to the disparate rebel groups.

A senior former Pentagon official has told The Times that one option to be discussed was the use of contractors instead of troops.

...

Mr Obama has pledged that US ground troops will not be sent to Libya, but the use of contractors to train the rebels would circumvent that public commitment.

"The private sector has plenty of experience in this sort of work and it doesn't even need to be training on the shooting end of the war, they could be used to provide logistical support to get the rebels more organised," the source said.

Read more: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/rebels-may-b...

aquart  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 07:47 PM
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1. No. This is not an exercise in Blackwater enrichment.
 That would be where my support ends.

sabrina 1  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #4
24. You mean mercenaries. We are talking about sending in
 mercenaries. The U.S. currently has more mercenaries in Iraq than regular troops. Contractors are people who build things, NOT Blackwater thugs who shoot up towns and slaughter innocent civilians.

This whole thing is getting worse by the day.

I thought it mercenaries were illegal when we first discovered that the Bush administration was using them.

Those poor Libyans, I will say it again for the record, I fear for them the same way I feared for the Iraqis. Their revolution has been hi-jacked.

 

pdefalla  (124 posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 08:09 PM
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6. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 No boots on the ground means NO BOOTS ON THE ****ING GROUND

I'm ready to impeach this corporate lackey

dkf  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 09:14 PM
Response to Reply #6
16. It's just a no fly zone right? Time limited right? Scope limited right?
 If this is true his word is crap.

provis99  (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-30-11 08:19 PM
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7. Qadaffi hires 'mercenaries', America hires 'contractors'
 What bullshit lying propaganda.

Fool Count (248 posts)      Wed Mar-30-11 08:37 PM
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11. So what's the plan? Xe Services LLC go in, depose Qaddafi
 and then what? Are they also going to charter a private Libyan Company to run the country and keep the oil flowing? Are we all supposed to buy
its shares on NYSE to pay for it all? The rebels, sure as hell, are not going to be able to hold on to power gifted to them without some kind of
occupying force. What could have possible gone wrong with this splendid "humanitarian" idea?

daleo  (1000+ posts)      Wed Mar-30-11 09:34 PM
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17. This would be unconscionable. n/t

Hey Mr. Smarterest-people-on-the-innerwebz,

I think you mean "unconscienable" but for Obama "unconscious-able" will suffice.

Oh, look, another smarty...

AllTooEasy (295 posts)      Wed Mar-30-11 09:53 PM
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18. Although pure speculation, I like/prefer this to ground troops...here's why
 
Here me out:

No.

homonym fail

homo

Hannah Bell  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 11:40 PM
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34. so if the US pays mercenaries to fight in Libya it's somehow different than if we
 pay our own army to?

bullshit mr. obama.

what a cockup.

You haven't had a cock up in anything for so long you're ****ing crazy.

Runework (125 posts)      Thu Mar-31-11 12:40 AM
Response to Reply #34
45. More Rome Parallels
 mercenaries to help maintain the empire

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/10/mercenaries-in-iraq-... 

DeSwiss  (1000+ posts)        Thu Mar-31-11 12:45 AM
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47. K&R 
 "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." - James 1:8

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4794311

[true_blood]

sabrina 1  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #4
Those poor Libyans, I will say it again for the record, I fear for them the same way I feared for the Iraqis. Their revolution has been hi-jacked.

Yeah. Primitives would love for the mooselim brotherhood to just take over the Country. That's the kind of "revolution" the DUmbasses and communists want.

[Rebel]

sabrina 1  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 10:26 PM

Response to Reply #4

24. You mean mercenaries. We are talking about sending in
 mercenaries. The U.S. currently has more mercenaries in Iraq than regular troops.

Wrong, ya ****in' moron.

[JohnnyReb]

Well, looks like she's had her fair share of cheese.

[Boudicca]

HI5 for the absolutely hysterical subject line.
 

And the hits just keep on coming from Mr. Hope and Change.  It seems like 90% of the True Believers have fled the DUmp.

[Skul]

sabrina 1  (1000+ posts)        Wed Mar-30-11 10:26 PM
Response to Reply #4
24. I thought it mercenaries were illegal when we first discovered that the Bush administration was using them.

Yes, that only applies to Republicans.
Now that a Donk is in office, they're mercenaries private contractors.

[JohnnyReb]

Well, looks like she's had her fair share of cheese.

WTF happened? That was supposed to be in the thread about the WI teacher DUmmie emailing the death threats.

Lets see where this one goes.