RT Article
T1 Commentary: The State That Signed the Contract Felled a City-One Voice at the Intersection of Public War and Private Profit
JF Social justice
VO 34
IS 3/4
SP 208
OP 223
A1 Peters, Wim C.
LA English
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747157074
AB Failing to increase the size of active duty U.S. military forces since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has had tragic consequences. In 2008, private contractors outnumber active duty U.S. troops on the ground in the Iraq war, and, despite increasing reports of their brutal conduct, they are free from systemic or effective control. By contracting out the conduct of the war, state agencies have been allowed to contract out a superior's potential for criminal liability in the event of war crimes being committed by subordinates. Given that the power to start a war lies with the head of state, the head of state should also be accountable for all of war's results.
K1 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
K1 Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-
K1 Editorials
K1 United States -- History, Military -- 21st century
K1 War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
K1 Contracting out -- United States
K1 Outsourcing of military special operations
K1 Military policy
K1 Privatization -- United States
K1 Privatization
K1 Private military companies