In case you were wondering if the U.S. is still, after all those reports, charges, and convictions, heavily invested in mercenary forces as part of our foreign policy:
[these are DoD Numbers]
Contractors U.S non-U.S Host Country
Military Mil. Mil.
Afghanistan 109, 564 31,814 39,480 38,270
Iraq 9,000 2,314 4,621 2,065
Other
Countries 18,843 8,764 9,297
782
TOTALS 137,407 42,892 53,398 41,117
And then we started wondering about just what those ‘other country’ 28,000 are doing…and who they are doing it to…and what are we getting out of it…
Taxpayer monies are going down the drain into the sewers of the manufacturers of weapons and private ‘security’ companies. And the result: the number of terrorist attacks, globally, is rising, not falling. In some places, like Pakistan, the number of terrorists acts has risen in proportion to the military aid we deliver.
Maybe it's time to test a new theory. Less military spending will reduce overall violence.
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