The problem that President Obama has with condemning private armies is that the US
has consistently employed "Blackwater" (now Xe), Triple Canopy and other private mercenary armies in Iraq and probably Afghanistan.

I applaud the musical efforts of Tommy Sands in his song "There Were Roses" and "The Music of Healing". This from my perspective does more to facilitate peace negotiations
between the two sides then all the treaties and conferences can.

The aggressive tribal tendencies which seem to stem from genes to ensure survival in ancient times need to be changed to fit the realities of the Twenty-First Century.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men may be cremated equal"...
(Verne Partlow...from the song..."Ol' Man Atom".

Stringsinger