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To: JohnyBoy
thousands of contractors

This is a BS term for mercenaries.

Its like calling illegal aliens undocumented immigrants. What are these people being contracted for? Security that proactively attack threats? These contractors are mercenaries - why is the United States of America employing mercenaries? Seems wrong - seems like you do that if the public doesn't support the war that "must" be fought.

I'll listen tonight but further involvement in Afghanistan seems brain dead.

One of the things I was liking about the Trump presidency was how few servicemen and women were dying while he at the helm.

Let the throat cutters cut their own throats

82 posted on 08/21/2017 6:47:54 AM PDT by datricker (Why are Trump lawyers on TV and not Hillary's - Lock her up! Lock her up!)
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To: datricker

>thousands of contractors

>>This is a BS term for mercenaries.

>>Its like calling illegal aliens undocumented immigrants. What are these people being contracted for? Security that proactively attack threats?

Contractors is a perfectly legitimate term for Mercenaries, as all Mercenaries are contractors. You’re objection to the idea of Mercenaries smacks of leftist hatred of private capitalist armies.

>These contractors are mercenaries - why is the United States of America employing mercenaries? Seems wrong - seems like you do that if the public doesn’t support the war that “must” be fought.

Why shouldn’t we? Most major world powers have employed them from time to time and frankly we’re better off having people paid to protect the Afghan goverment than to waste US troops there. Paid Mercenary currently keep most African nations from descending into Chaos because they’re able to do the deeds required in war that professional armies would get bad press over.


88 posted on 08/21/2017 12:05:55 PM PDT by JohnyBoy
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