from "Tricky-Dick" -- to Dick Cheney??
Did we "HEAR" what Martha Raddatz was trying to tell us, on "Stephanopolous", yesterday?
She told us that the troop number announced; to stay on in Afghanistan, did not reflect the real number of "American Boots On The Ground"! The Difference?? CONTRACTORS!!
Who really "owns" our Military nowadays??
As I entered the Military in 1962, I was, along with my fellow new officers, trained to observe the HATCH ACT, which disallowed the politicization of our Military. After that great Californian, Dick Nixon, ended the Draft in 1973; in the heat of "White Backlash" activities raging within the armed services; there was a definite swing away from the Hatch Act, and toward a Hard-Right indoctrination of our Military Forces. With the Rise of Reagan, the Nixon-Book-End, "Californian"; we were presented with Ollie North, and Iran-Contra. By the time Dick and Dubya arrived on the scene, and invaded Iraq; we saw our Military Soldiers doffing their Uniforms for the garb, and higher pay of Private Contractors. They continued to "fight" along our Uniformed Soldiers, but with a lot less risk, and a lot more Money!
Since the arrival of President Obama, we see the "White Backlash" firmly established within our domestic Police Forces, and a much higher number (Raddatz did not give one) of "Contract" Fighters?? Do we now have, thanks to Dick and Dubya, a MERCERNARY Army? Remember, Cheney was Secretary of Defense from 1989-1993, under Daddy Bush!
Stay Vigilant! Republicans ALWAYS seek ways to "Make Markets", by "privatizing" Government Jobs. An additional Duty assigned to me as a Captain, was to conduct a Survey of Commissary Prices as compared to Local Super Markets, to answer Congressional Pressures to "privatize" Military Commissaries. Government has been a problem, for these guys, for a l-o-n-g TIME!!
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