Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Appropos my piece on mercenaries, this is a very timely analysis
Security Company Death Squads Timeline
and / or (if link broken)
There is an uncanny resemblance between the the WW2 Italian Squadristi, Blackwater and the thousands of other “security†forces.
SECURITY, OED. “The condition of being protected from or not exposed to danger; freedom from doubt; Now, chiefly, well-founded confidence, certainty; freedom from care, anxiety or apprehension.”
There is no such thing as “security”. “Security” companies were formed to make money on our anxieties, just as pharmaceutical companies financially thrive on anxiety about health and have a vested interest in illness.
The New Dark Age 
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