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This is why it was forced to look elsewhere for its manpower needs. Had the US not resorted to mercenaries, then it would’ve had to impose mandatory drafting, something which the government had no intention of doing if it wanted to stay in power. Instead, the US deployed more mercenaries, and by 2008, there were more than 150,000 in Iraq.
The Time When the US Paid a Mercenary Army $350 Billion to Do Its Dirty Work
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Jul 22, 2021
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Exploring the entanglements of gender, race and class during this era of the Eurokleptocene. Let’s do better, one story, one learning, one comment at a time.
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