OK, so the robo-ization of the armed forces may not be a reality, but the privitization sure is. Now, perhaps wingnuttia considers this to be more efficient, or cheaper, or somehow better...I guess they're entitled to their opinion. As for myself, well, I just hope that they don't decide to farm out the whole military thing, because the articles make it pretty clear that Blackwater's strategy re: this incident--or tragedy, if you actually have an iota of concern for humanity in general--anyway, it looks like their strategy is to basically say 'fuck you.' And, given that they're armed to the teeth, it's not like anyone or anything--short of the US military--can really do much of anything.
Sure, the Iraqi government can whine all they want, and maybe someone will offer them a little cheese to go with it. But the government has no real authority. Power, as the saying goes, derives from the barrel of a gun in Mesopotamia these days, and private security forces outnumber everyone except the US Military. And if you really think about it, that's a pretty scary thing. After all, who's going to test the limits of their authority?
Who wants to risk it?
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