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Dichotomy
>>1177193 So long as the US State Department needs to provide security for Iraqi government officials and State Dept. personnel; Blackwater, Dyncorp, Critical Intervention, Custer Battles, ManTech, KBR, Raytheon and everybody else will do what it takes.
Iraq needs the political will to take over its operations, until that happens, PMC's are here to stay. Besides, the term professional means very little these days. Kidnappers, smugglers, revolutionaries and terrorists all call themselves professionals.
>>1177199 Indeed. Iraq cant kick anybody out until they can defend themselves with their own forces. We cant simply place a Navy SEAL guard on every single Iraqi government official (which we did during the CPA's reign).
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