Reprehensible.There is a limit to outsourcing.Pakistan went to the extent of declaring that China shall negotiate on its behalf with India!
It is one thing to hire mercenaries by CIA to fight Taliban and it is totally different to engage them in War oprerations in any capacity.Does this not reflect on the ability to govern or the patriotism and competence of the Americans, or is it simple greedy corporation lobby at work?
Story.
,A little-publicized U.S. Naval Academy conference named after Senator John McCain and bankrolled by his wealthy wife, Cindy, issued a call earlier this year for the U.S. government to ban the use of armed private security contractors like Blackwater in U.S. war zones, stating bluntly, “contractors should not be deployed as security guards, sentries, or even prison guards within combat areas.”
“[T]he use of deadly force must be entrusted only to those whose training, character and accountability are most worthy of the nation’s trust: the military,” reads the executive summary of the U.S. Naval Academy’s 9th Annual McCain Conference on Ethics and Military Leadership, which was held in April at the Annapolis Naval Station. “The military profession carefully cultivates an ethic of ‘selfless service,’ and develops the virtues that can best withstand combat pressures and thus achieve the nation’s objectives in an honorable way. By contrast, most corporate ethical standards and available regulatory schemes are ill-suited for this environment.”
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