[N8 v2.0]

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003123.html

Since the start of the Iraq war, tens of thousands of heavily-armed military contractors have been roaming the country -- without any law, or any court to control them. That may be about to change, Brookings Institution Senior Fellow P.W. Singer notes in a Defense Tech exclusive. Five words, slipped into a Pentagon budget bill, could make all the difference. With them, "contractors 'get out of jail free' cards may have been torn to shreds," he writes. They're now subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the same set of laws that governs soldiers. But here's the catch: embedded reporters are now under those regulations, too.

-P.W. Singer a policy task force coordinator for the Kerry-Edwards 2004 campaign

 

[Tattooo]

There goes my future employment plans

 

[DaveW]

Don't worry.... That's only for Iraqi.
Still got Iran, Somallia v2.0 and possibly Venezuela to go my lil canon fodder calamity.

 

[JohnE]

Good, 'bout time. I know too many little dickheads who have jumped to contractors for the money and the opportunity to whack someone at will and get away with it. Too much wild west mentality..

 

[rockwool]

Don't worry.... That's only for Iraqi.
Still got Iran, Somallia v2.0 and possibly Venezuela to go my lil canon fodder calamity.

Not to forget NK and Cuba. What's happening with Syria, has dubya calmed down about them?



Wild west, yeah, you need bigger ranches to hold all them cowboys within your borders, and if still needed, ship them to Argentina.