Think Blackwater's days are numbered?


	Think Blackwater's days are numbered?

Socratoad

6-19-2008 9:21 AM

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6-19-2008 9:35 AM

papananook

They've stuck their black boots deep int 'Murrika now. Just what we need--Uber Christian-right wing storm troopers with their own spy network...hmmm, it sounds awfully 1930's Germany, doesn't it...except these guys are modern and fully funded. Eric Prince as Anti-Christ?

6-19-2008 10:35 AM

Socratoad

Herr Bush's storm troopers?

6-19-2008 1:14 PM

BartendingBear

Precisely.

6-20-2008 5:58 AM

ofcapri

Blackwater has been running rampart way too long. Why has it taken taken so long to do something about it?

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