Right, I suppose I shouldn't take their word that not all the 100,000 civilian employees working in Iraq at the present time are not Blackwater employees. I shouldn't take their word that they have less than 2000 employees deployed -- not all of them in Iraq. I guess you'd have me use more critical thinking like Mike is exhibiting. But wait. Isn't critical thinking by a Leftist an oxymoron? Lawrence ------------Original Message------------ From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, Sep-18-2007 1:26 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A rose by any other name... > If you check their web site, their favorite boast is that they've never > lost an individual they were assigned to guard. Lawrence, you only rely on what they say. Their website, their spokesman, their press office. How about a bit of critical thinking? yrs, andreas www.andreas.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html