US Resumes Blackwater Convoys in Iraq

U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said the decision to resume land travel outside the heavily fortified Green Zone was made after consultations with the Iraqi governments. She said the convoys will be limited to essential missions.

Oh, come on, Ms. Nantongo! We all know that even after 6 years of fighting, 4,000 dead Americans, tens of thousands of dead Iraqis and a trillion dollars plundered from our children's future earnings, no Westerner can move freely outside of the Green Zone in the enemy's capital city without having either a death wish or an escort.

"Essential missions" my ass. Everything American is inside of the Green Zone. From McDonald's to Playboy magazine. It's a small-scale U.S. city. It's not like American personnel were running out for tea at Al-Be-Teaing-You. "Essential" missions are the only reason anyone ever leaves the Green Zone.

The current situation - and the other unwarranted killings by these thugs - is what happens when you take a bunch of ex-military types who couldn't leave their "mall security" black BDUs behind and make it in the real world, give them millions in dark budget money and remove their trigger-happy fingers from the constraint of legal accountability either to the laws of the country they're in or the country that contracted their mercenary services.

And Happy Friday to the rest of you.