Remember Blackwater USA? The American company that has about a thousand armed mercenary soldiers - oops, I mean private security contractors - in Iraq? The guys who are winning hearts and minds by indiscriminately killing Iraqi civilians? And one of whose employees killed an Iraqi vice presidential security guard while on a drunken rampage?
Well, considering what a terrific job they've done keeping the peace in Iraq, they are now offering their help in California, keeping order amid the wildfires. For a fee, of course.
Really.
You can't make up stuff like this. Can you imagine what would happen the first time someone who's trying to get back to the burnt-out shell that used to be their home gets frustrated and tells off a mercenary?
Well, considering what a terrific job they've done keeping the peace in Iraq, they are now offering their help in California, keeping order amid the wildfires. For a fee, of course.
Really.
You can't make up stuff like this. Can you imagine what would happen the first time someone who's trying to get back to the burnt-out shell that used to be their home gets frustrated and tells off a mercenary?
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