American Wars Kill More Contractors Than Soldiers

There are several reports in the news today saying that more “contractors” are getting killed than soldiers. I use the word “mercenaries” to describe these folks, not the more sanitized and politically correct word “contractors.” This is the clear result of Republican outsourcing, privatization, and deregulation.

The implication is unambiguous: Take the death toll rates of any of these useless wars that the Republicans have gotten us into (and that Obama does not have the strength of character to get us out of) and then double the death numbers. This is the America death toll. Long term totally screwed up young Americans is many times larger, and heaven only knows how many innocent, poorly educated, dark skinned foreigners are dying.

We need to totally, completely remove all soldiers and contractors from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. Before the end of the year. This is not hyperbole, honest, just do it. Next we must cut the military and intelligence budgets by at least 50%.

Not only will this help solve the deficit, it will save many many lives.

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