Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The most imperative tort reform: Lawfare and the perils of an outsourced military
The outsourcing of traditional military functions resulting from the Clinton-era contraction and the Republican proclivity to privatize has an enormous Achilles heel. Unlike governmental agencies which are immune, contractors can be sued. Andy McCarthy explains and documents how litigation is being used to undermine the American war effort, both by the American left and actual opponents of the United States. This is the civil side of the "retroactive discipline" problem about which I posted on Sunday night.
Read the whole thing, and do not forget to buy Andy's new book Willful Blindness, published yesterday.
2 Comments:
By 
Christopher Chambers, at
Tue Mar 11, 01:24:00 PM:
Aw shucks, what's a few score million bucks paid on no bid contracts to right wing religious fanatics (to work in a country populated by right wing fanatics belonging to another religion) in a trillion dollar war? Peanuts. Oh, that's right--the overall cost/effect of this WMD--find al Qaida within Saddam's underpants (not!) jaunt was supposed to be around $50 billion total...or wait--you all said it would "pay for itself" from oil revenue. OK.
There are torts and there are big mother-crunching torts and we can't reform this outsourcing fiasco until the bullcrap in Iraq is ended now.
By 
, at
Tue Mar 11, 08:36:00 PM:
So contractors are right wing religious fanatics, hmmm?
Crusaders, even?
I wonder... how many of these misguided holy warriors do you know to make such a blanket judgement? Can you offer evidence of any kind?
Or is it so self-evident to anyone with half a brain that you won't even bother?
