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United States
2010: Disagreements with Canada and Mexico over water increase tension
2012: Flood of refugees to southeast U.S. and Mexico from Caribbean islands
2015: European migration to United States (mostly wealthy)
2016: Conflict with European countries over fishing rights
2018: Securing North America, U.S. forms integrated security alliance with Canada and Mexico
2020: Department of Defense manages borders and refugees from Caribbean and Europe.
Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by Marked One
OK, but how can this temporary contract be misconstrued to represent something bigger and more sinister than what it is?
Accept it for what it is - a temporary use of a private resource to satisfy a need. I mean, they are no longer employed by the city, are they?
And had Blanco done her job and requested NG to get there, NOLA would never have needed Blackwater in the first place.
I swear, people are paranoid to the point of insanity!
It can't.
Are they employed? They may be. Though not contracted to the city but rather actual employees whom are police officers who decided to transfer to New Orleans PD. (The city is still recovering btw.) A lot of those security contractors were actual police officers from other cities working for Blackwater and other security-firms while they were contracting their services to authorities in Louisiana.
And either way I'm happy that the National Guard and Blackwater were both brought in to secure New Orleans.
As for people who get paranoid to the point of insanity. You're right about that. It does happen. But I'm not one of them.
And either way I'm happy that the National Guard and Blackwater were both brought in to secure New Orleans.
Originally posted by mishigas
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Wait, wait. did you just post something that in the very first line states itself as opinion as a valid argument?
Yes I did, and I'll take his opinion over your 'facts' any day of the week.
Amazing how easily you can be emasculated by mere rumor. You fear the simple words spread by the crazy and the timid.
My God, man, go back and do some basic research, and you will discover that you are afraid of shadows and boogeymen under your bed.