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Private security firms
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Weren't most of the Americans who are acting as security forces trained by the U.S. military? Is that factored into the cost? Because if you spend a bajillion dollars training them, and then they leave and you pay for them through a security service that allows them to earn significantly more, it seems like it would not necessarily be cheaper.
If they do something bad, whose jurisdiction are they under? They presumably can't be court-martialed, and they aren't on US territory, so if they break Iraqi law are they just subject to Iraqi courts? And if chain of command is bad, why don't we just get rid of it in the army (or portions of it).
It just seems . . . odd.
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The piece on Marketplace last week talked about the cost to the military in training them (they said about $250,000 per special forces soldier). http://marketplace.publicradio.org/s...04/13_mpp.html (scroll down a bit)
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