Bush Democracy

Blackwater has resumed convoys in Iraq, even though the Iraqi government has found that the recent shooting of Iraqis by Blackwater agents was an unprovoked situation. The Iraqis want Blackwater out.

Guards’ Shots Not Provoked, Iraq Concludes

" Iraq’s Ministry of Interior has concluded that employees of a private American security firm fired an unprovoked barrage in the shooting last Sunday in which at least eight Iraqis were killed and is proposing a radical reshaping of the way American diplomats and contractors here are protected."

What is important to note is that no credibility or authority in the matter is actually ascribed to or permitted of the Iraqi government. From the point of view of the American government, Blackwater must resume its role in Iraq.

Privately, those officials have warned against drawing conclusions before American investigators have finished interviewing the Blackwater guards. In the Interior Ministry account — made available to The New York Times on Thursday — Iraqi investigators interviewed many witnesses but relied on the testimony of the people they considered to be the four most credible.

Let's call it the way it actually is - the Iraqis can outlaw Blackwater all day long and until they are blue in the face, however if the US wants Blackwater to work in Iraq, Blackwater will work in Iraq.