Bill H. said, "I doubt people can feel as strongly when there are "hired guns" or "hired help" (if you will). It becomes a corporate thing and divorced from our visceral feelings about our actions and our morality."

Exactly! I don't care if they are hired by a contract workers or not, they are not there under military command and how can we be sure they are neutral? Nothing about getting paid makes you neutral. What happens if they shoot someone or commit rape or any other crime? To whom do they answer?

Why are they there anyway? Is this past practice or is it still another way Bush is spending your tax dollars to wage war. If you have a population unwilling to enlist, just hire someone to do the job. He's no different than any other dictator. I hope Bush is tried for war crimes!



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