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Blackwater, The Privatization of War And Public Enemy Number One
When we evaluate the facts, the use of private military contractors appears to have harmed, rather than helped, the counterinsurgency efforts of the U.S. mission in Iraq, going against our best doctrine and undermining critical efforts of our troops. Even worse, the government can no longer carry out one of its most basic core missions: to fight and win the nation’s wars. Instead, the massive outsourcing of military operations has created a dependency on private firms like Blackwater that...
Why Bush Should Have Signed the Children’s Health Care Bill
WANDERINGS, with Walter Brasch For release: Oct. 3, 2007 brasch@ptd.net by Walter M. Brasch President George W. (“I-Demand-an-Up-or-Down-Vote”) Bush today vetoed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which expired this past week. The highly successful program to aid children was begun in 1997 under the Clinton presidency. The bipartisan legislation bill to increase funding and continue SCHIP was passed overwhelmingly by the House (265–159) and Senate (67–29). It would have increased health insurance for about two...
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