Greedy Contractors are Mercenaries, not Patriots
Al AP has done a whiner story about a mother who wants fallen greedy mercenaries honored the same way as fallen soldiers are honored. Too bad some of these mercenary contractors have died. Problem is that they’ve gone to Iraq in search of riches, not out of any sense of duty or patriotic obligation.
Contractors like Blackwater have been in the news quite a bit. Most famous is the event where bodies of armed contractors were hanging from the Fallujah bridge. Just yesterday, the news broke about a skirmish in Baghdad involving Blackwater contractors.
These people do not wear the uniform of the United States: they wear the uniform of the US Dollar. They are well paid (probably overpaid) thugs who - unlike the military - have no disadvantage of financial hardships to deal with. Even in death they are well cared for with large life insurance and death benefits. Akin to the “relatives of victims” of 9/11 that George Bush made wealthy overnight, the survivors of these contractors are far from suffering, and quite distanced from any hardship incurred by death. Also, these black-uniformed vigilantes bear no risk from the instability resulting from the Democrat controlled Congress. I’ve not heard one Demofascist or one RINO call for the withdrawal of security contractors - have you?
So to this deluded Ohio Mom, I must convey a Memorial Day message: “Tough Noogies and SHUT UP!” He fought for money. He fought for himself, not for our country. Let him rot while you’re living it up on his cash.
