Blackwater: not good enough for Iraq, but you'll do just fine for Dafur

Actress and activist Mia Farrow met with Eric Prince, the head of Blackwater, last summer.

Farrow told ABC News that Blackwater, despite its controversial history and allegations of murdering civilians in Iraq, might be able to help the "hopelessly under-equipped" African Union forces deployed in Darfur with logistics and training.

"Blackwater has a much better idea of what an effective peace-keeping mission would look like than western governments," Farrow told ABC News from a refugee camp in near the Darfur border. Farrow said those governments have been unsuccessful in standing up to the Sudanese government and bringing peace to the region.

Blackwater, the same fine company that's been providing mercenary's for the US occupation of Iraq, recently got slammed in an internal state department memo for its fuckups in Iraq.

An official familiar with the report said initially that it would recommend that department not renew Blackwater's contract when it expires next year. But that specific language is not included in the document, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.

The official said later that such a recommendation would not be made until after an investigation of last September's incident in Baghdad's Nisoor Square in which Blackwater guards killed 17 Iraqis is complete. Five guards have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges stemming from that incident. The company was not implicated.

It is shameful that Western governments haven't been able to come up with a solution for the situation in Sudan. However, hiring a bunch of cowboys who have a bad habit of getting drunk and shooting up vice-Presidential bodyguards, does not seem like the best path to peace.