The Return Of U.S. Military Contractors To Iraq

U.S. Hiring Mercenary Air Force for Iraq Rescues -- Danger Room

It’s January 2012. A convoy of SUVs ferrying American diplomats to a meeting with Iraqi politicians runs over a roadside bomb. Several of the passengers inside are seriously injured. They need to be rescued, now.

But the U.S. military left Iraq on Dec. 31. Which means the only call for help has to go to a team of mercenaries employed by the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. They’re the only guys left in Iraq who are running medical evacuation operations — or any other complex air op.

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My Comment: After Blackwater and the controversy of using mercs .... I guess the focus has now returned back to getting the best bang for the buck. And with the military now gone (or soon to be) .... that best "bang" can only come from private contractors.