Its Republicans and some Democrats that are encouraging the movement of our Government based military to one that is a majority of the private sector. They are giving more control and management of military logistics and research matters to the private sectors (Exp Haliburton). This Transfer of Power eliminates our ability as citizens to be sure the military is run properly due to trade secret laws and over classification of information. You are unable to do FOIA request on a Privately held government contrator. The Larger the Role the private sector has in the Business of War, The larger their incentive is to Make War and take advantage of the excellent "growth potential" that War will Provide them.
From the article.
Halliburton?s efforts in the field were considered highly effective. Yet Sam Gardiner, the retired Air Force colonel, told me that the success of private contractors in the battlefield has had an unforeseen consequence at the Pentagon. ?It makes it too easy to go to war,? he said. ?When you can hire people to go to war, there?s none of the grumbling and the political friction.? He noted that much of the scut work now being contracted out to firms like Halliburton was traditionally performed by reserve soldiers, who often complain the loudest.
There are some hundred and thirty-five thousand American troops in Iraq, but Gardiner estimated that there would be as many as three hundred thousand if not for private contractors. He said, ?Think how much harder it would have been to get Congress, or the American public, to support those numbers.?
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From the article.
Halliburton?s efforts in the field were considered highly effective. Yet Sam Gardiner, the retired Air Force colonel, told me that the success of private contractors in the battlefield has had an unforeseen consequence at the Pentagon. ?It makes it too easy to go to war,? he said. ?When you can hire people to go to war, there?s none of the grumbling and the political friction.? He noted that much of the scut work now being contracted out to firms like Halliburton was traditionally performed by reserve soldiers, who often complain the loudest.
There are some hundred and thirty-five thousand American troops in Iraq, but Gardiner estimated that there would be as many as three hundred thousand if not for private contractors. He said, ?Think how much harder it would have been to get Congress, or the American public, to support those numbers.?
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