I will do my best to tell the stories of what it is like to be a contractor to show you the world that they live in.

Until now everything on the web about Blackwater has been written about us by others. My purpose is to add their story and their face to the larger debate.

On this blog, I will not rant or make counterpoints to every new attack or rumor. I will do our best to show you who they are and what they do. I will do my best to show you the reality of the world that they have to work in. I will do my best to be fair and broadminded.

I am going to do my best to keep the comments open.

In so doing, I also ask that you too act and speak in a civil way. I don’t ask that you agree or support us – but I do ask that you do not act as trolls. So my commitment is to keep the site open to debate but I will have to ban people who cannot be civil.