Picture of the Day - 2
A US soldier and a private security contractor pull out a wounded Iraqi from the rubble of a bridge destroyed by an apparent suicide vehicle bomber on Sunday, June 10, 2007,outside Mahmoudiya. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
posted by mikevotes at
12:10 PM
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"private security contractor": a category of US military foreign affairs operations I find repugnant and antithetical to the spirit of a citizen army.
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-epm, at 3:12 PM
It's a bit of a catchall phrase.
There's alot of problems and I don't like their expansive roles, but for some tasks they're required.
Imagine the blowback if US forces directly protected the top Iraqi politicians.
On the other hand, we're paying 3 times what we should for Green Zone security.
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mikevotes, at 4:19 PM
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