Not only has this been suggested, it is happening in very real terms. 1 in 3 members of the "coalition of the willing" are currently private contractors. -----Original Message----- From: Gerard M Foley <gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: The Airline List <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; democrat2n@xxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:35:19 -0400 Subject: Re: BAA From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <democrat2n@xxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 1:37 AM <snip> >In fact, it is not only foreign operation that should be forbidden, >private operation of inherently >governmental things should not be >allowed. <snip> It is now being suggested that we hire private contractors to fight wars. Gerry http://www.pbase.com/gfoley9999/ http://www.wilowud.net/ http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pollock/263/egypt/egypt.html http://foley.foleypages.net/~gerry/ ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free.