Military

Previous reports point out the increase in US forces that would be needed to replace the contractors. They concluded that the contractors saved big bucks. Given that our Military is a Gov bureaucracy at the "contracting for services" level I have no doubt that handling those services in-house would cost lot more more money.

. . .thanks for the link. . .

. . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

The facts don’t lie:

The Real Operation to “Rescue” Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries

If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.

We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.

Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

What about the rising trend of soldiers and Marines who are asking to go back to Iraq after having limbs amputated? Interesting that the article missed this.

If Korean civilians are murdered in a forest and no one hears them fall, is it really a massacre?