Outsourcing War
Happy Friday.
Halliburton's Kellog, Brown & Root division, the largest private military firm ("PMF") in Iraq, is under a contract thought to be worth as much as $13 billion. This figure, in current dollars, is roughly the same as what the United States spent to fight the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War combined! Of course, this division of Halliburton is just one PMF among many hired to, allegedly, protect our national security interests. As the author of the the attached article notes, "President George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' might thus be more aptly described as the 'coalition of the billing.'"
Your tax dollars at work.
Halliburton's Kellog, Brown & Root division, the largest private military firm ("PMF") in Iraq, is under a contract thought to be worth as much as $13 billion. This figure, in current dollars, is roughly the same as what the United States spent to fight the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War combined! Of course, this division of Halliburton is just one PMF among many hired to, allegedly, protect our national security interests. As the author of the the attached article notes, "President George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' might thus be more aptly described as the 'coalition of the billing.'"
Your tax dollars at work.
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