nefarious

is the first AND last word that comes to my mind.

Blackwater's Man in Washington

By Bruce Falconer
Washington Dispatch: Meet Doug Brooks, whose trade group represents the private military industry's biggest players. He makes hired guns sound like U.N. peacekeepers.
By Bruce Falconer

...............The latter had consumed most of Brooks' time over the past week as he gave close to 40 interviews in three days to reporters seeking comment on Blackwater's Baghdad shoot-out. Wasn't he uncomfortable being the private military industry's unofficial spokesman when one of its most prominent players stood accused of murdering civilians? "No, not at all," Brooks said. "What it's given us the chance to do is get out the point of what IPOA is about, to paint a larger picture, put it in context. Yes, we do have contractors working around the world, doing stuff that's dangerous. Sometimes they're armed, and sometimes innocent people get killed." .............

he makes innocents getting killed sound like just another day at the beach. one thing i WILL say about mr brooks, he is GOOD at his job

does anyone else get the creeps at how often the word PEACE is used in relation to these armed goons? (is goons too strong a word? should i use thugs instead? what about sanguinarious cutthroats?