This was in the letters part of today’s The News:
Friday, October 09, 2009
The government has denied the presence of Blackwater or Xe International personnel in Pakistan. I have seen six men working as bodyguards of a senior US diplomat in Peshawar myself and these men looked as if they were the Blackwater type. Since the government denies their presence, my question to it is that if tomorrow one of these security men was to shoot a Pakistani — as has happened in Iraq — who will be held responsible and punished?
Saman Basir
Peshawar
Yes. I’ve even, for the sake of clarity, bolded what I think is the logically infallible part.
This, is the only sentiment for that letter:
Frighteningly, it’s not that she’s alone in this. Her discernment, and that of others like her, has found its way into the general publishing ability of a fair few ‘journos’. In other words – there are some fucking morons thick enough to think that just because some random ass nutcrackers apply preconceptions to reality, it automatically becomes ‘newsworthy’.
… these men looked as if they were the Blackwater type.
Surely you jest.
Comment by Minerva — October 10, 2009 @ 4:49 pm