Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

June 12, 2008

The murderous farce called the ?war on drugs? has militarized many civilian police agencies and torn huge holes in the Bill of Rights. It has also provided a lucrative new opportunity for Blackwater USA, the controversial mercenary firm used to provide security services in Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to reporter Jeremy Scahill, author of the definitive book on Blackwater , the secretive mercenary firm has been ?tapped by the Pentagon?s Counter Narcoterrorism Program Office ? `to fight terrorists with drug-trade ties.?? Blackwater will be directly involved on the ground in missions considered too small for direct US military involvement.

In Iraq Blackwater?s mercenaries ? who are immune to criminal prosecution -- have earned a well-deserved reputation for indiscriminate violence against civilians. We can expect the same from Blackwater?s counter-drug deployments, which will probably make direct US military intervention more likely. In this way the drug war will lead to constant military conflict abroad, and escalating assaults on liberty at home.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.