Comments on: Outsourcing Iraq

Outsourcing Iraq

rks404 — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:46:21 -0800

Indian mercenaries serving in Iraq. Can you really outsource a foreign occupation?

By: zekinskia

zekinskia — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:00:37 -0800

yes

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:08:22 -0800

Gurkhas and Fijians, too

By: moonbiter

moonbiter — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:10:07 -0800

Sure. Ask Hannibal, or any of a whole bunch of Italian Rennaissance princes. It will end up costing you a fortune, though, and you may end up not having the control over them that you hope for.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 23:38:44 -0800

$750 a month for a private is pretty cheap. India is the WallMart of outsourcing.

By: gimonca

gimonca — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 05:48:26 -0800

Also not the first time soldiers from India have been in Iraq--the British invasion of Mesopotamia during World War I was carried out primarily by Indian troops.

By: trondant

trondant — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:36:42 -0800

Can you really outsource a foreign occupation? Ask King George. Any King George.

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:21:39 -0800

In other news, the torture reported this week in the Iraqi prison by US "soldiers" was also outsourced.

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:36:31 -0800

Sorry. That link should have gone here to Atrios. I've switched to RSS, so I'm getting all my sources mixed up!

By: firestorm

firestorm — Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:48:42 -0800

"Sure... you may end up not having the control over them that you hope for. posted by moonbiter at 12:10 AM CST on April 30" ^_^ mid Tang dynasty China. it cost the empire