Iraq is learning lessons from a major player

Blackwater USA’s contract will be renewed. No big surprise here. We Americans knew it would be because we have learned how the U.S. government operates. Iraqi’s have more than likely learned that lesson too after five years of fighting alongside us. The renewal of this contract under suspicion of several incidents instigated by Blackwater should prove to the Iraqi’s once and for all that the U.S. government cannot be trusted.

Innocent Iraqi’s were murdered on September 16 by Blackwater guards when they did not get out of the way fast enough for Blackwater’s liking. Blackwater acted without regard for human life and property knowing full well they had 100% backing of the U.S. government and complete immunity from prosecution from the Iraqi government.

The Iraq police completed their investigation within two weeks. The FBI is still dragging its feet on their sham investigation, as is standard operating procedure. Another lesson the Iraqi people are learning from us, drag the investigation out until the uproar dies down, the citizens forget about it and the outcome no longer matters.

Blackwater attacked a vehicle they say was firing upon them yet no weapons were found in the burned out car. This lesson is directly out of George W. Bush’s play book. Lets not forget, he attacked this country saying they had weapons of mass destruction yet no weapons have ever been found. Another standard operating procedure that the Iraqi’s must surely be learning from us.

The State Department has installed ‘new rules’ concerning how the U.S. military coordinates with and supervises contractors such as Blackwater. Another lesson Iraq will soon learn. Tell the public that the situation is under control and reassure the public that incidents like this will never happen again. Democracy on the march.

Oh, another lesson, make sure the media is fed only positive information by a ‘trustworthy’ government spokesperson so the public can feel at ease in the knowledge that everything is being ‘taken care of’. Be sure to do it without promising anything.

‘We will get what we want, no matter the cost’. This has become the calling card of the U.S. government. It has been thus for many years. Allowing U.S. citizens to voice their opinion is nothing more than a tool in a game called democracy. Our opinions and protestations don’t mean anything to the U.S. government. Investigations are nothing more than a tool to ‘prove’ that they care. This government always gets what it wants. The final lesson the Iraqi government will learn in order to be just like us.