frog92969
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Wed Jun-03-09 12:15 AM
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| 10. The story goes that they were already there |
| -250,000 Military Contractors Now Deployed in Iraq/Afghanistan: 23% Iraq & 29% Afghanistan Increase |
Better Believe It |
Jun-02-09 09:29 PM |
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I suppose you could consider paying civilians to fight as ending the war, kind of. |
rug |
Jun-02-09 09:34 PM |
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But you have to pay them a lot more money than grunts |
Better Believe It |
Jun-02-09 09:36 PM |
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Money, shmoney. The war is over. Hooray. |
rug |
Jun-02-09 09:43 PM |
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Well, let the Iraqi gov't pay to keep them there. |
Dark |
Jun-03-09 01:45 PM |
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with Obama, "there has been a 23% increase in the number of Private Security Contractors” |
Just-plain-Kathy |
Jun-02-09 09:38 PM |
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The increase has been debunked as an accounting error |
frog92969 |
Jun-02-09 09:42 PM |
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It's a war begun on a lie, continued with bogus soldiers. |
rug |
Jun-02-09 09:44 PM |
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No doubt |
frog92969 |
Jun-02-09 09:52 PM |
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On account of what? |
Better Believe It |
Jun-02-09 10:38 PM |
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The story goes that they were already there |
frog92969 |
Jun-03-09 12:15 AM |
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Link? |
Luminous Animal |
Jun-03-09 12:30 AM |
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Link |
frog92969 |
Jun-03-09 12:42 AM |
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time to privatize all these contractors - private enterprise and all that nt |
msongs |
Jun-02-09 10:20 PM |
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Private mercenary armies! Way to go! |
Better Believe It |
Jun-03-09 08:46 AM |
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Not "military contractors" |
nichomachus |
Jun-03-09 09:14 AM |
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That increase is YoY, not since Obama took office, so the charge is a lie. |
redqueen |
Jun-03-09 09:18 AM |
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+1 |
ClarkUSA |
Jun-03-09 09:30 AM |
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Where are you getting the YoY numbers? |
chill_wind |
Jun-03-09 10:44 AM |
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You're right. I misread it. |
redqueen |
Jun-03-09 10:48 AM |
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So we would rather trash Jeremy Scahill wholesale as a LIAR |
chill_wind |
Jun-03-09 11:21 AM |
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3,184 to 4,111... and not due to any of Obama's policy changes. |
redqueen |
Jun-03-09 11:24 AM |
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You insistently repeated that misinfo in 3 separate theads now, and added a new strawman on top. |
chill_wind |
Jun-03-09 12:16 PM |
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That's how people overreacting to this misleading story are acting. |
redqueen |
Jun-03-09 12:33 PM |
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"as if these are all armed thugs". wow you seriously need to |
jonnyblitz |
Jun-03-09 02:06 PM |
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It is correct that there was an increase in the first quarter, the following is not correct |
grantcart |
Jun-03-09 11:00 AM |
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And the other 732 mercenary contractor companies are located where? |
earcandle |
Jun-03-09 09:21 AM |
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Please adjust your post with context. The Obama admin. didn't increase the number of contracts. |
phleshdef |
Jun-03-09 11:53 AM |
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2,042 more in Iraq; 927 more in Afghanistan |
ieoeja |
Jun-03-09 01:08 PM |
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It sounds inevitable, as troops draw down. |
chill_wind |
Jun-03-09 03:37 PM |
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And as for the State Department's numbers? Good luck |
chill_wind |
Jun-03-09 06:38 PM |
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