Let's Turn Iraq Over to the Contractors and See What Happens
I think things have reached an absurd point in Iraq. I read in the Los Angeles Times today that according to recently obtained State and Defense Department figures:
That is absolutely ridiculous. We are supporting the equivalent of two armies in Iraq! The problem is that we aren't supporting as many of the guys with the guns as we are the guys with the shovels. What kind of twisted logic is that? And you can bet the guys with the shovels are better equipped and better paid than the guys with the guns who are protecting them.
I think it's time we cut our loses. Instead of taking more civilian soldiers away from their families and communities, we should give the contractors guns and tanks, turn the whole mess over to Haliburton, and let them all fend for themselves. Perhaps the wily greed of American capitalism will succeed where military might has failed!
"The number of U.S.-paid private contractors in Iraq now exceeds that of American combat troops ... More than 180,000 civilians -- including Americans, foreigners and Iraqis -- are working in Iraq under U.S. contracts ... Including the recent troop surge, 160,000 soldiers and a few thousand civilian government employees are stationed in Iraq." Click here to read the whole story.
That is absolutely ridiculous. We are supporting the equivalent of two armies in Iraq! The problem is that we aren't supporting as many of the guys with the guns as we are the guys with the shovels. What kind of twisted logic is that? And you can bet the guys with the shovels are better equipped and better paid than the guys with the guns who are protecting them.
I think it's time we cut our loses. Instead of taking more civilian soldiers away from their families and communities, we should give the contractors guns and tanks, turn the whole mess over to Haliburton, and let them all fend for themselves. Perhaps the wily greed of American capitalism will succeed where military might has failed!
Labels: contractors, Iraq, troops
