Finally, Someone is complaining about private military contractors

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And that someone is General McChrystal. He thinks we rely on them too much. There are too many of them. And they cost too much.

Could he have been influenced by this story which claims that the trainers for DynCorp did not adjust the sights on the rifles being used by the Afghans DynCorp was being paid to train? That was why the trainees marksmanship never improved. Despite the shoddy reputation DynCorp has acquired, someone wants to buy the company for $1.5 billion. The buyer is the canny investor Cerberus. You may recall that we, the taxpayers, bailed them out of their investments in Chrysler and GMAC.