The public sector and the private sector interface in Iraq

[jeffreyab]

This is a commentary about an interaction between Marines and private contractors in Fallujah:


http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/contractors.html

It did not go well for the contractors.

Comments

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

I have friends who've been fired on by Blackwater, and the Iraqis that whistled at me didn't impress me with their professionalism.

God I'm tired of all this shit already.

[nocturnalseraph.livejournal.com]

The only security detachment out here that's worth a damn is Aegis. The rest are nothing more than mercenaries.

Us?

[mrvetinari.livejournal.com]

Are Aramis and I the friends you are talking about, or was there another unit you knew with a similar tale?

Re: Us?

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

Heh.

You're not the only ones I've heard about. I heard some bad shit from my old unit's rotation here, when it was still the Wild Wild West.

Re: Wild Wild West

[mrvetinari.livejournal.com]

What is Baghdad Now? fucking Delaware?

Re: Wild Wild West

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

I dunno.

I've only gotten blown up a few times. Now, I travel by air, so I don't see a lot of what I saw on the ground.

Besides, I couldn't say exactly where they were, but for a little while, supply lines were so strung out they were ending up in front of the CA guys. Evidently, life was a bit more...wild than it is here now.