"It is ironic, for instance, that the U.S. government presses the Colombian military to protect human rights on its own soil, yet hires Colombian ex-soldiers to work in Iraq through private firms whose vetting procedures are less than transparent. Moreover, the United States has invested a good deal of money and effort into helping the region’s new democracies transform their militaries and police forces into professional cadres that respect human rights and abide by civilian control. Yet the contracting phenomenon directly challenges these goals when PMFs drain the best trained and most motivated soldiers and police officers out of regular service to their own societies, and when militaries provide PMFs with munitions and infrastructure—public resources—without seeking authorization from their civilian defense ministry superiors."

Yes, we are becoming the most war-mongering country in wordl history. There are so many irons in the fire that it's getting hard to keep up with our governments intents. The need to destabilize every region of the Earth seems to be becoming a constant theme of the Neo-Cons actions. Where is it all going? Chaos creates the need for marshal rule by the very few. Problem is that no empire has ever managed to reach its goal of complete domination. The American people are the real losers. We, and generations to come, will pay the ultimate price.

After 9/11 you could have ruled the world with a smile. Now...