11.27.2006

politics | Shadow Company

I've posted elsewhere about my concerns about what Eisenhower termed the military-industrial complex, a complex so widespread that there is hardly an American politician who could vote to curtail military spending without offending constituents. Here's a look at the business of 'security:'

In a headline today, Al Jazeera asked, "Are the 70,000 Pentagon Mercenaries in Iraq killing Shias, Sunnis?"

1 comment:

Gabriel said...

That’s very frightening. I read a book about the rise of the privatized military industry a few years ago. The citation is below. It was fascinating. I didn't know that private corporations had done the same and on such a large scale. Thanks for the heads up.

Singer, W. P. (2003). Corporate Warriors. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.