Monday, January 9, 2012

Book Post #5

As we get to the end of the book, we learn more and more about the secret world of private military contractors. The reader has learned that being a private military contractor its only for a fit certain few. As we learned even the country's elite doesn't always make the cut. Retired Army Rangers, SEALs, Marines and Special Forces soldiers are good enough to become a private military contractor. After 9/11 the need for private military contractors soared. What was once a field were you could profit roughly $10 million a year, private military contractors now produce profits soaring into the hundreds of millions. Wealthy oil tycoons, diplomats, and other very important people pay out millions for the best security detail one can buy. They fight the same battles as our soldiers fighting over seas. The only difference is that they can do as they please and don't have to listen to a commanding officer. They are free to move out where ever they please and if attacked, will unleash a hell no man should ever experience. This book was one of the most interesting books I've ever read. You really get to realize what goes on over there that's usually swept under the rug over here. This book sheds light onto the CIA's dirty wars that don't get published and reported. It takes you back to Fallujah when the contractor murders took place. But in the end you have to realize that they're just doing what they love: fighting for their country.

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