menewa
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The present White House would never go for the draft. People like Cheney and Rumsfeld have been using more and more mercenaries to fight our current wars. The number of highered guns adn support in Iraq is higher than in any other conflict. Private contractors cook, clean, drive convoys, gather intelligence, interogate prisoners and fight in combat , all the things that once upon a time only regular soldiers once did. It's ironic that during the Vietnam War when Rumsfeld was a US Rep, he vehemently opposed the presence of a small number of Halliburton employees working for the DoD in Vietnam. He said that it was a waste of money as well as a security problem. Oh how he's changed. However, I think if this trend continues it will seriously undermine our national defense. Private contractors can leave at any time and they are not held to the same standards as our men and women of honor. The Roman Empire began to fall shortly after it began replacing more and more of its standing army with mercenary soldiers.
One thing that ticks me off about this most, is that someone working for a private company like KBR makes at least $70,000 a year. However, our privates in the Army make less than $20K. This is the most unfair thing we can do to our troops.
One thing that ticks me off about this most, is that someone working for a private company like KBR makes at least $70,000 a year. However, our privates in the Army make less than $20K. This is the most unfair thing we can do to our troops.