Contractors Lost in Pentagon Bureaucracy - Ya Think?

OH YEAH...oh, yeah...let's privatize the military. Let's send in the contractors. Let's turn war and its maintenance into a profit center. Norquist's dream of shrinking government to drown in a bathtub ensured it would be waste, not water, doing the drowning.

Contractors Lost in Pentagon Bureaucracy - washingtonpost.com: "According to the report, some 60,000 contractors are supporting the Army in Southwest Asia, a region that includes Iraq. That figure is compared to the 9,200 contractors used to support the military in the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

This unprecedented number of contractors on the battlefield means loss of visibility, GAO reports.

Commanders are often unsure how many contractors use their bases and require food, housing and protection, according to the report. One Army official said the service estimates losing about $43 million each year on free meals provided to contractors who also receive a food allowance."