A Comment About

CIA Shut Down in Iraq

September 20, 2007 - 12:00 am - by Richard Miniter
Bill
2007-09-19 14:17:15

Hmm. Maybe we should have taken a cue from Imperial Rome and Renaissance Italy and noted that mercenaries are almost always a bad idea — and not have used them. As far as I can tell, the laissez-faire revolutionaries tried to privatize war, and we’re seeing the consequences.