My latest, in Daily Beast. To my amazement, my article and my name were mentioned at the top of Rush Limbaugh’s radio show today. Apparently what caught his attention was the Beast’s lead-in:
As American commanders meet this week for the Afghanistan review, Obama is hiring military contractors at a rate that would make Bush blush. Tim Shorrock on the Blackwater heirs.
Of course, all Limbaugh wants to do is bash Obama. I’m trying to bring attention to the fact that the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond are highly dependent on contractors, many of whom are unknown to the American public and a total mystery to the Congress that’s supposed to be overseeing them. Click here to read the full article, which I will augment soon with an annotated version with web links and further information about the latest companies in the mercenary game.
