Comments on: Contractors In Iraq Are Targets For Attack

Hundreds Of Civilian Truck Drivers Form 'Shadow Army,' Tempting Targets For Insurgents

[sandrose65]

With all the unemploymnet and people on welfare, why don't those people train and become truck drivers and help fill the need, while those of us that have experience support our troops?

[revlin1]

It is amazing that many Americans at home don't realize that many, many other Americans are needed-- when our military deploys, to help out in a war zone. This has always been the case and the jobs are honorable, difficult, tireless & oftentimes thankless. Thank goodness it is a VERY patriotic thing to do...Most ALL of us know that.

[im3000]

Why are Americans working in Mess-o-potamia anyways? There are plenty of unfilled trucking jobs in the States & Iraqis know how to drive trucks already. It is not patriotic to take these jobs at all, a true patriot would be solving the internal problems of the USA.

[sandrose65]

By the way, if ya'll would like to see all of the video of Robert Rowe in Iraq as he looks at our shot up truck the next day, you can go to YouTube and find it at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=whiterose65.
This is the full video that was shown in the report.

[revlin1]

So proud of DH and youngest son who are Army contractors right now in Baghdad/they are doing what they feel is right and helping where needed/I back them up and wait for the day we will all be back home in good ole USA....it's the stars and stripes..land of the free..yup, that's the motivation...believe it or not!

[badfish1955]

these people are that post this liberal garbage are the ones who would rather be red than dead.
they are the gutless excuses for americans that would run in the face of an enemy. they are the people that hide behind the veil of freedom to curse the ones that gave it to them. they are the ones that said "i did nothing when they came"
they will ask where that quote came from...they know nothing of history...just what some liberal professor indoctrinated them with in college.

[sandrose65]

Ya'll have no idea what the hell ya'll are talking about. Pack your bag and go over there yourself and lets see how long you last. I bet it wouldn't be 24 hours! Many contracytor go because they were to old to join the military when 911 haooened. This is their way of serving their country and showing their support for the troops. I did it for two years and I can tell ya, being shot at it not work 80 grand, but serving my country is. SO, unless you ahve the ball to get off you dead *** and go see first hand how it is over there and what REALLY happens, shut the hell up and enjoy the freedom that the troops and the contractor have given you!

[badfish1955]

well i see the class envy, ignorant crowd are here and posting their garbage..if you had half a brain you would..know that the money is not the reason people go to iraq. most of them are vets that are too old to reenlist but want to support in some way..what is the most dangerous job in the world without carrying a weapon..
answer convoy driver in iraq...walk a mile in my shoes and then you can judge me...

[feelfree1]

bf0526,

The only people who have "asked" these "contractors" to plunder the Iraqis and the U.S. Treasury the way that they that they have, are the money-grubbing power elite who profit from it, and their blind dead-ender supporters. People who work for these "contractors", are in Iraq by their own choice, to satisfy their own selfishness in most cases, and out of desperation in others.

To the contrary, millions and millions of people around the globe LOUDLY and resoundingly rejected the fraud-based, illegal U.S. war of aggression against Iraq. Some people appear still to have not gotten the message.

[bf0526]

Our own government found a way to shrink military spending by eliminating backup support. Now corporations have moved in to fill those needs.
When you profited from military downsizing were you feeding your own greed, selfishness, and ignorance?
The contractors and their families left behind are proud of the work that they are doing to support the military and the mission we have asked them to do.