"Mercs, Skipper?" "Mercenaries, man! Bloody hell. What did you think they were? Cars? Thought you could do military." "And PMC, Skipper?"... "Private Military Company... Where the hell have you been all your life?" --John le Carré, The Mission Song The Skipper's indignant question, "Where have you been?", surely applies to the American media shocked by the spectacularly reckless killing of Iraqi commuters by the hired guns of the Blackwater corporation on the streets of Baghdad this past September 16. "Shocked"…
Bert deVriesDecember 16, 2007