86,000 total to Afghanistan. For nothing.
Up to 56,000 more contractors likely for Afghanistan, congressional agency says
The surge of 30,000 U.S. troops into Afghanistan could be accompanied by a surge of up to 56,000 contractors, vastly expanding the presence of personnel from the U.S. private sector in a war zone, according to a study by the Congressional Research Service.
CRS, which provides background information to members of Congress on a bipartisan basis, said it expects an additional 26,000 to 56,000 contractors to be sent to Afghanistan. That would bring the number of contractors in the country to anywhere from 130,000 to 160,000.
The tally “could increase further if the new [administration] strategy includes a more robust construction and nation building effort,” according to the report, which was released Monday and first disclosed on the Web site Talking Points Memo. </em>
Nation building? Our own nation has massive unemployment, foreclosures everywhere you look, and the BarackTheBlackBush wants to build up Afghanistan? How about we just leave, promise not to do it again, and they can go back to being nomads who live in caves and grow poppies?
