Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Blackwater apparently sees a downturn in the mercenary business. According to Mother Jones, the profits in the protection racket are diminishing -- so much so that Blackwater subsidiary Greystone is outsourcing its thug recruitment to the Third World.
While obtaining State Department visas for Russian mafiosi and other nefarious hoodlums might be problematic, we suspect this will provide Vice President Cheney with post-White House entrepreneurial opportunities.
Perhaps the only thing worse than militarizing police functions is privatizing military functions. Still, it's nice to know that when mercenary work is in the doldrums these covert assassins can find employment in smuggling and spying.
While obtaining State Department visas for Russian mafiosi and other nefarious hoodlums might be problematic, we suspect this will provide Vice President Cheney with post-White House entrepreneurial opportunities.
Perhaps the only thing worse than militarizing police functions is privatizing military functions. Still, it's nice to know that when mercenary work is in the doldrums these covert assassins can find employment in smuggling and spying.
