Obama Iraq Speech To Signal Shift To Afghan Focus

''This isn't just about broken laws or wasted tax revenues,'' then Sen. Barrack Obama said in a 2007 New York Times article on contractor oversight. ''This is about our claims to moral leadership in the world. We cannot win a fight for hearts and minds when we outsource critical missions to unaccountable contractors.''



But now, with looming deadlines and a frustrated public gearing up for midterm elections in November, Obama seems to have changed his tune. By declaring the end of combat operations in Iraq, the administration is moving toward replacing combat troops with diplomatic officials who will increasingly be protected in the danger zone by thousands of private security contractors.



The contractors take over combat roles like flying strike drones, searching for roadside bombs and defending US bases in Iraq, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/world/middleeast/19withdrawal.html?_r=2&ref=private_military_companies



http://www.truth-out.org/confusion-iraq-troops-and-contractors-march-into-new-era62719



It's just swapping out on-the-books activities to off-the-books.



The Obama administration is just a continuation of the Bush administration.
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