Reply #4: what 'troops' in harms way?

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The ones we choose to keep sending back in to harm's way day after day?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/31/libya-sas-veterans-misrata-rebels
"Former SAS soldiers and other western employees of private security companies are helping Nato identify targets in the Libyan port city of Misrata, the scene of heavy fighting between Muammar Gaddafi's forces and rebels, well-placed sources have told the Guardian.

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The revelations about the role of the rebels' advisers follow the filming of armed westerners on the frontline with rebel fighters in Misrata. A group of six were visible in a report by al-Jazeera from Dafniya, described as the westernmost point of the rebel lines in the city. Five of the men were armed, wearing sand-coloured clothes, baseball caps and cotton Arab scarves. The sixth, who seemed to be in charge, carried no visible weapon and wore a pink short-sleeved shirt. The six were seen talking to rebels, and quickly left after they realised they were being filmed.

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Senior British defence sources revealed in April that they were urging Arab countries to train the rebels. The sources said they were looking at hiring private security companies, many of which employ former SAS soldiers."


So we have the U.S. taxpayers and firepower backing up mercs on the ground to help former colonial powers install a new government based in the oil rich part of the country.

We have to prolong the war to protect the civilians. Not a very pithy 2012 slogan.