Mercenaries are paid about four times as much per month as the starting salary for a soldier, so we would have more money to pay soldiers if we didn't use those guys, or at the very least, our government shouldn't be paying more for merc than they pay our troops.
Also, unlike our troops, they aren't subject to the UCMJ, so they are unaccountable for their actions. Consequently, they have been more abusive with Iraqis which leads to more ill-will against the occupation which could result in violence toward our troops. Just today, the Iraqi government demanded that one of the mercenary companies leave Iraq. If the mercs behavior is so bad the Iraqi government is willing to defy Bush, you can be sure other Iraqis would be mad enough to take a shot at one of our soldiers.
So how exactly is using these private contractors, who got their job through political connections helping the troops?
2007-09-17
15:30:58
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