posted July 01, 2014 09:05 AM            

However, our little Marxist Messiah O'Bomber pulled all military personnel out of Iraq instead of leaving a residual force there as was negotiated by Bush. The folly of that nonsense is now becoming clear to all...except the most ardent O'Bomber droolers.

So, if there are US contract forces...ex-military...there to protect and defend the largest US Embassy in the world and our embassy personnel there, I APPROVE.

posted July 01, 2014 12:57 PM            

January 22, 2002. Calcutta, India. Gunmen associated with Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami attack the U.S. Consulate. Five people are killed.

June 14, 2002. Karachi, Pakistan. Suicide bomber connected with al-Qaida attacks the U.S. Consulate, killing 12 and injuring 51.

October 12, 2002. Denpasar, Indonesia. U.S. diplomatic offices bombed as part of a string of “Bali Bombings.” No fatalities.

February 28, 2003. Islamabad, Pakistan. Several gunmen fire upon the U.S. Embassy. Two people are killed.

May 12, 2003. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Armed al-Qaida terrorists storm the diplomatic compound killing 36 people including nine Americans. The assailants committed suicide by detonating a truck bomb.

July 30, 2004. Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, killing two people.

December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Qaida terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. Nine people are killed.

March 2, 2006. Karachi, Pakistan again. Suicide bomber attacks the U.S. Consulate killing four people, including U.S. diplomat David Foy who was directly targeted by the attackers. (I wonder if Lindsey Graham or Fox News would even recognize the name “David Foy.” This is the third Karachi terrorist attack in four years on what’s considered American soil.)

September 12, 2006. Damascus, Syria. Four armed gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar” storm the U.S. Embassy using grenades, automatic weapons, a car bomb and a truck bomb. Four people are killed, 13 are wounded.

January 12, 2007. Athens, Greece. Members of a Greek terrorist group called the Revolutionary Struggle fire a rocket-propelled grenade at the U.S. Embassy. No fatalities.

March 18, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Members of the al-Qaida-linked Islamic Jihad of Yemen fire a mortar at the U.S. Embassy. The shot misses the embassy, but hits nearby school killing two.

July 9, 2008. Istanbul, Turkey. Four armed terrorists attack the U.S. Consulate. Six people are killed.

September 17, 2008. Sana’a, Yemen. Terrorists dressed as military officials attack the U.S. Embassy with an arsenal of weapons including RPGs and detonate two car bombs. Sixteen people are killed, including an American student and her husband (they had been married for three weeks when the attack occurred). This is the second attack on this embassy in seven months.

posted July 01, 2014 01:02 PM            

Let me try speaking you native tongue ... Blackwater beget Xe, Xe beget Academi, Academi beget Constellis. (recall me pointing out that evil learns quickly, evil morphs) Constellius is a leviathan of many mercenary organizations.

They are not protecting US forces - they are endangering them and even outright threatening them. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/us/before-shooting-in-iraq-warning-on-blackwater .html?_r=0

They have a history of going rogue

But scrutiny of the company intensified after a Blackwater convoy traveling through Nisour Square on Sept. 16, 2007, just over two weeks after Mr. Richter sent his memo, fired on the crowded traffic circle. A 9-year-old boy was among the civilians killed. Blackwater guards later claimed that they had been fired upon first, but American military officials who inspected the scene determined that there was no evidence of any insurgent activity in the square that day. Federal prosecutors later said Blackwater personnel had shot indiscriminately with automatic weapons, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.

This is how they treat their employees
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1599682,00.html

And this is how they treat their employers

posted July 02, 2014 09:11 AM            

He's also the one who cut the contracts with the corporations you object to.

posted August 18, 2014 06:11 PM            

To blame Obama is typical and oh so predictable...but ignores the bigger picture. Cuts to all positive programs like education, housing, infrastructure, etcetera but

This has been going on since 2006 and thru several Congresses refusing to pare down funding for it.

posted August 19, 2014 10:51 AM            

That's the year the Socialist demoscat comrades took over both houses of congress and...among other actions of the Socialist comrades...sent the US economy straight into the toilet.

Just for your information, your Socialist comrades held both houses of Congress from 2007 until 2011.

Now, Republicans hold 1/2 of 1/3 of the US Government. There are more than 150 bills passed by the Republican House...since 2011 that the Senate Socialist comrade, Hairy Reid won't even bring up for a vote in the Senate.