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Originally Posted by mburbank
A agree with Kevin. I think these are two unrelated issues. It doesn't matter what the hell these guys were. They could have been soldiers or cake decorators, I don't think it changes what happened.
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Certainly not, I'm just upset that I had to learn about it like this.
According to an article I read, a Fallujah car salesman who watched heard the men were CIA. That's probably what most of the mob thought.
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Originally Posted by ranxer
how much taxes are we giving to private corporations to protect US interests? we're giving over 50% of our tax dollar to the war machine but that doesnt include these private security deals right?
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I read in the Wall Street Journal that the corporations are required to provide their own security, but the US government pays for it. It seems to me this whole ordeal might have occured differently if the US government just recruited more soldiers and paid them to protect the Americans doing the rebuilding. I am VERY against the use of ununiformed, unregulated private forces who are STILL perceived as part of the American government.
And of course, we can keep our mercs over there long after we pull out our soldiers, and the American public doesn't have to worry that we're still at war during election season.
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