As Bush pushes his disastrous doctrine of surge and sacrifice, aeswiren sent over this chilling piece from Alternet that reveals just how many private security mercs and hired guns are on the loose in Iraq and, spookier still, their close ties with the religious right and how they might me used domestically if the circumstances could be created. Here’s a sample…
“If the United States falls into a period of instability caused by another catastrophic terrorist attack, an economic meltdown or a series of environmental disasters, these paramilitary forces, protected and assisted by fellow ideologues in the police and military, could swiftly abolish what is left of our eroding democracy. War, with the huge profits it hands to businesses and right-wing interests that often help bankroll the Christian right, could become a permanent condition. And the thugs with automatic weapons, black uniforms and wraparound sunglasses who appeared on street corners in Baghdad and New Orleans could appear on streets across the U.S. Such a presence could paralyze us with fear, leaving us unable to question or protest the closed system and secrecy of an emergent totalitarian state and unable to voice dissent.”
And hit Alternet for the rest of the story...
And hit Alternet for the rest of the story...
The secret word is Wackenhut
CRYPTIQUE -- Thank god for Ted Kennedy
Found myself stopped in traffic in San Francisco. A group of men dressed in black, full body armor, helmets, faces masked, pointed submachine guns at cars and pedestrians. Blocked traffic until several black SUV's came out of a parking garage. The men jumped into the SUV's and sped off. NO INSIGNIA on their uniforms. Nothing to identify them as military or law enforcement. Just a group of heavily armed men, threatening civilians, operating under what authority? This sort of thing is a regular occurence in Iraq. You wanna read something creepy about that tortured country? click here
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