Blackwater: Please Stay in Iraq

Iraqi officials banned Blackwater from Iraq this week, ordering all of their employees to leave the country immediately due to 10-20 Iraqi's who died in an attack Sunday that the victims claim was unprovoked.

Since then, Secretary of State Condi Rice has made a phone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and Blackwater's license is now "under review".

Blackwater, and all the other private security companies that are operating in Iraq, represent a great injustice to our troops, considering private contractors are paid way more than our soldiers to take the same risk. These companies also represent a great injustice to Iraqi's, because there is nobody holding their employees accountable for the crimes they commit since private contractors exist in a legal black hole.

Despite these facts, my biggest selfish fear is that the Iraqi officials actually succeed in kicking Blackwater out of their country. That would mean that Blackwater would be forced to make their money right here in the United States, and the only people who need to be kept in check around here are all of us.

The last thing we need is for Bush to have a private Army hanging around with nothing to do. Just read how Blackwater behaved in New Orleans after Katrina.

Do you really want these people in your neighborhood?