Saving American lives

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Blackwater's rich contracts

The New York Times, October 3

Blackwater is the State Department’s major private security contractor in Iraq. With the decreasing popularity of the Iraq war in the United States, increasing the amount of private security contractors will reduce the amount of American forces station in Iraq. Also private security contractors help the American military stabilize the sectarian violence in Iraq.

The Bush administration gives no-bid contracts to private contractors, because the administration wants the best mercenaries working with the American military in defeating terrorism in Iraq. The private contractors also relieve some of the strain on American forces. The private forces are performing military missions that are dangerous. The jobs of the private contractors are to complete missions which involve malicious action.

Former Bush administration officials are at executive positions of private security firms that receive contracts from the United States. Those officials like, Mr. Prince, make sure that federal contracts are given to them in order to keep the American solider working with the best private contractors that money can buy.

The private security contractors are providing many items for the American troops in Iraq. The private security contractors are being paid six times the amount of an American soldier, but the contractors are in more danger than an American soldier. The private contractors supply the American army with supplies like, food, transportation, bullets, armor, and medical care.

The United States cannot supply enough American troops in Iraq to contain the violence in Iraq. The private contractors are meant to help the American soldiers and provide relief for American soldiers from the conflict in Iraq.

link to artical:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/03/opinion/03wed2.html.?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin