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Ok, first, they are Mercenaries, by definition.
They were specifically hired to assist in the overthrowing a Government. These firms have been active in Iraq, in combat since the war started.
Being a merc is not always a knock. That's just the fact of the matter. They are not security guards. Security guards do not make $1000 a day or more.
You don't pay 4000 dollars for men so that they can escort a food supply that has not been endangered and is not a crucial commodity. You can pay 4 Iraqi's 50 dollars a day to do something like that. The food isn't worth that much.
Because that official story falls through under scrutiny the company declining to elaborate on their job that day comes under suspicion.
This is the first time in this whole campaign that americans were so brutally violated after death. It is specifically forbidden in the Islamic faith to desecrate a body after it is dead, even a dog.
It seems to me that it is at least possible that something extreme may have happened that day that precipitated the situation we now see.
I see people everywhere right now jumping down this entire town's throats. And, though I believe the ones who participated deserve some retribution it should be pointed out that the americans may have played a significant part in what happened and the retaliation that will follow, upon the whole city, may not be justified.
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