Paul Bremer Quotes

“Blackwater's style fit in perfectly with Bremer's mission in Iraq. In fact, one could argue that that Bremer didn't just get protection from Blackwater's highly trained mercenaries but also from the all-powerful realities of the free-market lab he was running in Iraq. Indeed, it seems that those forces were what Bremer banked on to survive the Iraq job—if he died, Blackwater's reputation would be shot.”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army

“During his year in Iraq, Paul Bremer presided over various U.S. policies that greatly accelerated the emergence of multiple antioccupation resistance movements. In April 2004, it all came to a head.”
― Jeremy Scahill, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army