"B" is so yesterday -- Bush, Bechtel and Blackwater. Bechtel has already moved to the Middle East, Bush has retreated to retreated to Texas bunker. Blackwater, however, isn't backing down. Far more sensibly, it is changing its name to Xe -- as in "Z" -- which is how the company would now like to be known. Please note that there is no "M" in "Xe", so hopefully you won't think of words like mercenary, murder or mercantile either. In fact, management would like you to refer to their US operations as "US Training Center." That certainly sounds friendly.
The Bard famously asked, "What's in a name..." That question was rather brilliantly answered by Philip Morris when it changed its name to Altria and describing itself as a company, "...which owns and develops financially disciplined businesses that are leaders in responsibly providing adult tobacco consumers with superior branded products." That sounds far better than the leading the purveyor of beer and lung cancer causing products like Marlboros.
And just as Philip Morris did not change its ways voluntarily, I think that it is safe to assume that Blackwater will not either. This is a private company that has grown rich on taxpayer dollars but has spent most of the past seven years not having to obey any law -- Iraqi, American or military. In other words, Blackwater is used to being a non-state actor that answers to no one. Presumably, if you are reared on that culture, it is hard to subject yourself to the law. You can change your name until the cows come home, but the company's character will not change.
Mercenaries are a fact of life, as is marketing. Changing your name does not change what you have done, but changing the Commander In Chief can lead to new restrictions. So instead of pondering new names, consider some oldies but goodies, like the Constitutions or the Geneva Convention.
NO - incorrect.
Mercenaries became prevalent during IRAN-CONTRA - retired military funded by BUSH41 as the CIA CHIEF, and funded with DRUG MONEY, yada yada...
It was developed into a SHADOW MILITARY by the very people that need to be delivered gift-wrapped, to the Hague.
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/chap_28.htm
Unless of course your Dick Cheney or Scooter Libby then you can do whatever you want and a corrupt U.S. Department of Justice applauds your treasonous acts in time of war.
Just asking?
The Wall Street government may need to send mercenaries to some countries to keep the rabble from rising up and taking back their human rights. So, they'll still be off fighting for resources.
Then when the utterly contemptible servants of Wall Street regain control of the government, the mighty armies of Xe will once again stand proud alongside the U.S. military.
First, that should read "...answers to NO one..."
Second, isn't that the very definition of a terrorist group???
Has this organization amassed so much power that they are beyond serious(as in the Hague,perhaps?) investigations into their actions? Looks like Cheney still wields SERIOUS political clout.