Blackwater Quotes

“Blackwater is a company whose business depends on war and conflict to thrive. It operates in a demand-based industry where corporate profits are intimately linked to an escalation of violence. That”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

“During his year in Iraq, Paul Bremer presided over various U.S. policies that greatly accelerated the emergence of multiple antioccupation resistance movements. In April 2004, it all came to a head.”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

“For most of the time Blackwater guarded Bremer, the company remained under the radar. There was rarely a mention of Blackwater in media reports; instead, the men were simply referred to as Bremer's security detail or as his bodyguards. Sometimes, they were identified as Secret Service agents. Within the industry, though, Blackwater's men were viewed as the elite, the trendsetters among the rapidly expanding mercenary army in the country.”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

“Blackwater's style fit in perfectly with Bremer's mission in Iraq. In fact, one could argue that that Bremer didn't just get protection from Blackwater's highly trained mercenaries but also from the all-powerful realities of the free-market lab he was running in Iraq. Indeed, it seems that those forces were what Bremer banked on to survive the Iraq job—if he died, Blackwater's reputation would be shot.”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

“Blackwater had won $1 billion in “diplomatic security” contracts through the State Department alone.81”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army