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2014-09-14 Iraq

Contractors Ready to Cash In On ISIS War

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 1. It's Eli Lake, a journalist with an interesting history.

2. Like others of his ilk, Eli Lake has a disconnect. They don't like military deployments. They don't like a large military footprint if the military has to deploy. They don't like any semblance of permanence in places where the military deploys.

3. Contracting for certain government operations and projects is fine, provided it's the 'right kind'. Even hiring contractors for the military is good, like contracting a Native American firm to perform landscaping or maintain communication facilities. But not for military deployments.

4. Destroying ISIS is fine with Eli Lake, I guess. It's the grubby reality of how to do it that grates on him.

Posted by Pappy 2014-09-14 09:20|| 2014-09-14 09:20|| Front Page Top

#2 4. Destroying ISIS is fine with Eli Lake, I guess. It's the grubby reality of how to do it that grates on him.

Absolutely right Pappy. I'm glad you added the "I guess" at the end of the first sentence. Contractors are a necessary part of a war effort in today's times.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-09-14 11:53|| 2014-09-14 11:53|| Front Page Top

#3 What percentage of government expenditures now go to contractors of all kinds? How many hundreds of billions? This needs to be mentioned every time issues about government contracts are raised, but that never happens. One figure I read is $0.5 trillion a year.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-14 15:09|| 2014-09-14 15:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Contracted work is the way to go, you don't need a larger and larger gubbamint work force. Just make sure it's honestly secured

Posted by Frank G 2014-09-14 15:46|| 2014-09-14 15:46|| Front Page Top

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