War in Iraq: The Private Profit Machine • BRAVE NEW FILMS

In recent years, as we have actively been engaging in war, goods and services the military used to provide are now being supplied by private contractors. This excerpt from the full length...

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In recent years as we have been actively engaging in war, things thegovernment used to do is now being done by private companies.Food, laundry and housing were services provided within the military.Now in Iraq, you still need a lot of support mechanisms and there’s just notenough military infrastructure to do this. Private contractors come in and they fillthe gap.I saw contractors in Iraq, doing anywhere from helping fix tanks,helicopter mechanics, pretty much any job that’s in the military, there’s a civiliancontractor right there.There are over 100,000 private contractors working in Iraq, Kuwait, and the surroundingarea.This war has been privatized to a greater extent than any other war in history.They’re part of a multi-billion dollar industry, fueled by your t...