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In anticipation of a Communist takeover of American politics, American businessmen (property owners, mining companies, oilmen, and refinery owners, forestry) needed a stop gap to prevent the "nationalization" of their industries by seizure.
Originally posted by filosophia
it's no longer Blackwater, it's Xe, they changed their name because of the horrible press they received for killing innocent civilians in Iraq and even the army and military hates them because they are rogue warriors who obey no laws but money. Sure doesn't sound like protectorates of private property to me. But I like your attempt, way to side with the moral underdog on this one, it's not every day someone defends Blackwater/Xe.
Originally posted by minigunner
reply to post by Analyze76
Judging by your lack of knowledge on Blackwater which is actually now Z and other contractor companies, which there are at least 10-20 larger well known and then also the smaller start ups which are those that prior contractors of Z have left since their initial campaign in Iraq and found out its not hard to do.
My point is that Z is not the only, as you state in your thread, private organized Militia out there. But Militia, I think not. A good Militia, like the Michigan Militia, has outposts all throughout its country. Z does not, they are centrally located on the Virginia Coast. A Militia that is well organized has a private currency in the event of a government collapse, like the Michigan Militia, where as Z does not.
While Z has impressive prior military soldiers, prior police/SWAT members, they are not Militia quality. Well organized? Z has rather impressive resources, but because they are not a Militia their power is in private security, and well their numbers are currently overseas and not "home" where a Militia would be if they were such.
Originally posted by Analyze76
There is a difference between trusts and corporations and those that outright own their land and those that invest in land under a lease.
You yourself need to be protected by force in a greater form and someday could have the need for protection by force on an individual level.
Did you state that you are not worth protecting?
Originally posted by Analyze76
That is why this is in a disinformation thread. You have only heard of bad press as there are those that want them out of the way. I believe they could become a monster but also serve a purpose.
In a tactical sence they are a precision strike team unmatched possibly by any force in the world.
I have a friend in SF that was quite irritated at members of his group that were also Blackwater who got $20,000 a month while he got Army pay and had special State Dept documents that allowed them to come and go as they pleased.
What you don't understand is that there have been working groups tring to find a way to seize YOUR personal property at whim.
(your house for losing too much heat, car for failing emissions etc)
Originally posted by lokdog
In a tactical sence they are a precision strike team unmatched possibly by any force in the world? LMAO like the guys in Falujah getting strung naked from bridges? Took the regular army and marines to clean that dump up Blackwater/Xe are no better than modern day pirates killing for money.
Originally posted by lokdog
In a tactical sence they are a precision strike team unmatched possibly by any force in the world? LMAO like the guys in Falujah getting strung naked from bridges? Took the regular army and marines to clean that dump up Blackwater/Xe are no better than modern day pirates killing for money.