Private contractors will make up at least half of the total military workforce in Afghanistan going forward, according to Defense Department officials cited in a new congressional study.
As President Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan unfolds, the number of contractors will likely jump by between 16,000 and 56,000, adding up to a total of 120,000-160,000, according to an updated study from the Congressional Research Service.
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The most recent Quadrennial Defense Review, a key strategic overview of American defense and military policy, runs over 100 pages. Just five sentences of the QDR document addresses the use of private contractors, the CRS study notes.Besides crunching the numbers, the study also looks at whether contractors can undermine U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, including the issue of abuses of civilians by contractors.
16, Liberals tend to be self-absorbed elitist snobs.
20, Dallas, This is what happens when you do away with the draft. Doing away with the draft allowed the rich to opt out.
Regardless, we now have an all VOLUNTEER military in which case those who do enlist don’t feel sorry for themselves because of what social class they came from.
That being said, please don’t distort the truth. The majority of enlistees are from the middle AND poor classes with the lion’s share of that in the middle class.
Уже достаточно много было сказанно по этому поводу на других блогах но мне кажеться она лучше изложена чем у других, а вообще не берите в голову – а то медицина не поможет