Reply #6: I don't think so ... [View All]

[ElectroPrincess]

"my prediction is that there will be mercenaries and 'advisors' there, for a long time"

Nope, the purse strings are closing with a vengeance. Between Iraq and these recent natural disasters, the USA will not be able to even "maintain" an occupation in Iraq, much less pay substantially HIGHER SALARIES to mercenaries. The competent KILLERS are not the type to be outsourced ... they need to be evil AND intelligent - that means salaries of around $100,000 / year.

It soon will be crunch time as I believe the new "carrots" the military recruiters are offering will come across like the proverbial "turd in the punch bowl."

I have hope because of Bush's proven "Reverse Midas Touch," we may pull out of Iraq before we lose 58,000+ thousand of our troops, i.e., our lesson in Vietnam.