IRAQ AND THE COALITION OF THE BILLING? [+] ballot by aya created Wed Feb 23, 05 I made another ballot about this yesterday, but it was too long. So here is the shortened version. This is from Wired magazine, July 2004, pg. 98. “The US military may hastily fold its flags and officially pull out. The contractors most directly paid by the Pentagon including BDM international, Blackwater, Halliburton, Kellogg Brown and Root, MPRI, and Vinnelll may leave too, although no should be surprised if they simply change their logos before returning to soak up loose cash in different guise. But there are other outfits working in Iraq that are likely to stick around – like South Africa’s Erinys, a force organized by former Apartheid tough guys. Erinys doesn’t prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines. These troops aren’t conquering anybody and they aren’t liberating anybody. They exist to keep the oil moving, and they’ll stay for as long as it pays. If anything arises in Iraq that looks like a government—the relatively peaceful and together Kurdish ministate for example—the mercenaries can simply submit bids to serve as its army and police force. And, if the flags are gone, why should such an offer be refused? If superpowers or international treaties fail to give you security, you have to purchase it. Contractors today are multinational, owned and run by former presidents, prime ministers, generals, and spooks of former nations, and their rank and file are drawn from around the globe. The Spanish army has left Iraq, but swarms of new hires are ambling in: former Chilean soldiers, Chechnya vets, French Foreign Legionnaires, Gurkas – a motley group of armed employees every bit as multiethnic as those of say, Sony or Shell. If wars for oil are bad and terror is worse, this Coalition of the Billing is a logical blend: global free marketing at gun-point. It’s above the law, beyond the law, and worst of all, irreplaceable and utterly necessary to power the planet’s nations, cities, and homes. We’ve suffered terror without a country. Welcome to war without flags.” What do you think? Wait until they try to increase Market Share! Ballot #68423 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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