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2010-03-06 Home Front: WoT

Sen. Levin seeks to block $1 bln Blackwater deal

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Posted by Steve White 2010-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I have long foreseen that Blackwater needs to set up a HQ outside CONUS, for its own protection. The Democrats are abundantly clear that they want to destroy it, and the only thing stopping them are current contracts. As soon as those contracts have expired, all bets are off.

This is why a French Foreign Legion solution is best for them. Keep administrative offices in the US, and put operations on a Caribbean island.

And thinking about it, they might even buy one of the uninhabited Greek islands, to provide similar services to the EU. Right now, they could probably get close to full sovereignty, and maybe subcontract parts of the island to other corporations.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-06 08:17|| 2010-03-06 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, Senator Levin, how is the cut off of funds working with ACORN? Oh, they found a sympathetic judge to declare it a 'bill of attainder' and you and yours have dropped the issue. Seems like you're singling out this organization as well. Wonder if the ACORN judicial ruling is a precedent.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-03-06 09:02|| 2010-03-06 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 ... they might even buy one of the uninhabited Greek islands, to provide similar services to the EU ...

Sort of like the Knights Templar and Malta.

Posted by Steve White 2010-03-06 09:45|| 2010-03-06 09:45|| Front Page Top

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