|
Newsflash: they aren't there to assist in the overthrowing of a government, the government that was there was thrown over long ago.
also, you can't define someone's job by how much money they are making. if security guards are necessary (and it appears that they are), i guarantee you it would take more money than they are making to get me to volunteer for the job. sure, a mall-cop doesn't make that much... but a mall-cop isn't roughing it on the other side of the world; enduring extreme weather, hostile locals, and the occassional torture and dismemberment orgy.
sure, it's possible that there is something else afoot here... but you have nothing but speculation and suspicion to support those theories. neither you or i are privy to the situation over there in a first-hand sense. who are we to decide from our computer desks what kind of security is needed, or at what price a caravan of food must be defended?
__________________
If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.
~ Winston Churchill
|