Speaking of Bad Ideas

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/08/AR2008120803297.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

This is a good piece by Eugene Robinson about the so called Blackwater trial. He basically calls it a whitewash and a show trial, comparing it to the Abu Graib trial, in that policy was never questioned, and the corporate higher ups are not investigated. I remember when the story of the shootings by Blackwater first broke, I thought who knew that visitors and State Department people were protected by the sinister Blackwater? I didn't. On what planet is it a good idea for our diplomats to be protected by mercenaries?