Does “private army” sound as ominous to you as it does to me? Now that the Daily Kos flap has died down, can we start a serious conversation about how much of our fighting we want done by people who aren’t under military discipline?
I expect Phil Carter to tell me what I’m supposed to think about this. (Update: Phil does so in Slate; he’s worried that contract personnel may be “unlawful combatants” under the relevant international laws. I respond here.)