The lawsuit accuses the Erinys convoy of ignoring warnings and traveling at excessive speed after dark without lights fully on, leading to an accident in which Monroe was hit, suffering severe injuries that led to his death.

Even though warned that the remainder of the U.S. convoy was ahead, the Erinys PSD team employee with reckless disregard accelerated to a high rate of speed and struck Christopher with his armored Suburban, tearing off his right leg.

This case marks the first time a private security company has been charged for the death of a U.S. Soldier according to lawyers. This makes the case very important as recently there has been considerable discussion over who exactly these companies are responsible to. After the recent shooting of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater we have learned that not only is there a loophole in U.S. Law that makes them immune to prosecution here, but that Blackwater would actually prevent themselves from being held accountable in Iraq. While there are no details on how they would prevent this, the recent reports of them pulling weapons on U.S. soldiers makes it pretty clear what they mean.

I wish the family of Spc. Christopher Monroe the best. As a father I cannot imagine the grief and anger that must be a daily part of their lives. This needless war has destroyed the lives of too many, but our thoughts are with the families, friends, and loved ones of all the fallen soldiers. I hope that with this lawsuit it will bring some small relief and closure. More importantly I hope that this lawsuit will open the doors to many more and maybe we can make Iraq safer for our troops there by getting these cowboys out.

~ William ~

Then I figured it out. See Blackwater isn’t really answerable to any sort of legal oversight so they can’t really make amends through the normal means of going to prison for many years. To ease their tortured conscious they are extending the olive branch of peace through a more friendly logo. Below is a side by side comparison of the two logo’s, look and see for yourself.

Anyone looking at these two logo’s will immediately know that Blackwater feels horrible for the killings, and the maiming, and the destroying of the property and so forth. It’s right there in the font they used. Before they were using a scary font ripped off the cover of a cheesy shoot em up war novel, but now they are using a friendly font. This new font says it all. These are not the Blackwater thugs of 2 days ago, these are the professional and polite mercenaries of tomorrow.

Now, some may still wonder “is this all they are doing to make amends”? To these dead enders who hate freedom and liberty I say NO! It’s not. This will be an ongoing process. Every time Blackwater guards kill a bunch of civilians or some guy’s bodyguard, or randomly run people off the roads, they will make their log friendlier and friendlier until people no longer think of them as mercenaries above the law. My prediction is that by Christmas we will see the following logo.

This logo uses the same friendly font styles, with the addition of balloons. Everyone loves balloons, well except for those who are still waking up at night with dreams of the Christian Pedophile Clown. This new logo will instill new confidence in Blackwater’s humanity and allow the mercenary group to continue working in Iraq a while longer.

However, I don’t expect that the people of Iraq will be swayed by balloons as much as we in America are and at some point a bunch of them will probably get themselves killed by Blackwater mercenaries. Of course this will be entirely their fault for doing something suspicious like driving through an intersection. After another mass killing of civilians America will finally be tired of putting up with a bunch of armed thugs and push to have them arrested and fired.

That is when they will pull out their secret weapon. A logo so cute that no one will be able to hate them, no matter the crimes they have committed. This logo is so cute and lovable I can’t show it to you here, but this is an idea of what it could look like.

Awwww, cute and loyal as a Puppy. Of course, with a logo like this no one will ever believe the allegations against Blackwater, and all will be forgiven. In fact it will be so damn cute that Blackwater will be invited to train our police force, or perform humanitarian duties in cases of national emergencies like Katrina.

In recent months it has come out that Blackwater has been involved in an unprovoked mass killing of civilians, disarming and holding US soldiers at gunpoint, and created untold enemies with their blatant disregard for Iraqi life and property. The most recent outrage was sparked by the unprovoked mass killing of 17 civilians and the wounding of 27 more. This led to Al-Maliki calling for the company’s expulsion from Iraq. Of course despite Iraq being a free nation, the final decision as to who fights in Iraq is not the Iraqi government, but ours.

Many people within our government, and their lackies, have argued that Blackwater was indeed fired upon and acted in self defense. Of course, not being there myself I will defer judgment to those who are; chiefly, our own soldiers who arrived on scene less then half an hour later. The statements of our soldiers are backed up by an Iraqi probe. Both agree that Blackwater was not fired upon, and that the civilians appear to have been trying to escape when they were shot down.

“It appeared to me they were fleeing the scene when they were engaged. It had every indication of an excessive shooting.” ~ Lt. Col. Mike Tarsa

If we really want to support our troops we have to demand that these mercenaries are removed from Iraq and held accountable for their actions. This kind of cowboy gunslinger antics only increases anti-American sentiments and works to turn the Iraqi people against us. The only hope of keeping a full blown civil war from breaking out (if it’s not already) is to win over the hearts and minds of the average civilians. Having our mercenaries randomly killing them is hardly the best way to do this.

Breaking News:

• CBS News (October 18, 2007) Blackwater May be Relieved of Duty in Iraq
• Al Jazeera (October 18, 2007) Blackwater expected to leave Iraq

~ William ~