Blackwater Immunity Draws Criticism From Democrats

October 30, 2007 · Filed Under Iraq, Military Contractors, U.S. News, War

Democrats criticized the Bush administration Tuesday for giving immunity to Blackwater USA bodyguards, calling the move a failure to hold the security contractors responsible for the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians.

The State Department, whose investigators initially promised to shield the bodyguards’ statements in the criminal inquiry of the Sept. 16 shootings, maintained that any lawbreakers “must be held to account” as a result of the inquiry that has since been taken over by the Justice Department and FBI.

The entire investigation into Blackwater was politically motivated from the beginning and it shows once again what cowards the Democrats are.

Blackwater USA did their job and is continuing to do live up to their contractual obligations with the State Department. They were hired to protect diplomats and others from being killed while traveling through Iraq.

Since the very first day they set foot in Iraq, not a single person Blackwater has been charged with protecting has been killed or injured. That is a 100% success rate, and the Democrats want to put them in jail.

It’s unfortunate that civilians are sometimes killed, but it’s a war zone.

-Chris Jones