On this morning's Face The Nation, host Bob Schieffer's commentary was on the recent Blackwater massacre in Iraq and the Bush administration's lack of oversight and accountability. Schieffer is dead on with this one, also pointing out the use of huge numbers of contractors, who work outside the law, instead of our military is a cheap shortcut that yields disastrous results and gives the appearance that our footprint in Iraq is much smaller than it actually is.
By Logan Murphy
— October 6, 2007