according to the US govt accountability office.
Very interesting. and 126,000 TOTAL contractors.
So in addition to the approx 160,000 fighting men we have there, we also have nearly 50,000 ADDITIONAL fighting forces. And withdrawl plans DON'T include them - they stay when we leave.
it's weird to think that for every 3 soldiers fighting in iraq, there is 1 guy who operates independently without restraint, unreported in areas unknown to reach our goals.
Seriously, those 2500 insurgents running around are fighting 210,000 US fighters (50k of which can do what they please)
Why haven't we crushed them beyond belief?