[Peace-discuss] Pentagon Has No Idea What 108, 000 Contractors Are Doing

[Carl G. Estabrook]

The term 'contractor' conflates Blackwater-style mercenaries with people who are supposed to be building something - if there are any of the latter.

This is what Obama means by 'winding down' the war and 'withdrawing' from Afghanistan.

His flat-out lies arise from his deep fear that Americans will find out what he's doing in the 'Greater Middle East' - indeed, globally - and he will suffer the fate of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon - driven from office because of a vastly unpopular, criminal war. 

--CGE
 
On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:28 AM, Rohn Koester <rohnkoester at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing
> By DAVID FRANCIS, The Fiscal Times June 3, 2013
> 
> The number of contractors working in Afghanistan now vastly outnumbers American troops stationed there, according to a Congressional Research Service report. CRS, along with the Government Accountability Office, also determined that the Pentagon is unable to properly document the work these contractors are doing. And the information DOD is receiving is often unreliable and inaccurate.
> 
> According to CRS, there are now 108,000 private workers in Afghanistan, a workforce that dwarfs the 65,700 American troops still stationed there. That means there are 1.6 contractors for every American soldier in Afghanistan. This is an increase from last month, when The Fiscal Times reported that there were 1.4 contractors per American soldier.
> 
> http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/06/03/Pentagon-Has-No-Idea-What-108K-Contractors-Are-Doing.aspx#page1
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