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> it's the same way we used 'contractors' in Iraq That's my favourite spin doctoring of the 21st C: the renaming of "mercenaries" to "contractors".
by vacri 10y ago
> it's the same way we used 'contractors' in Iraq
That's my favourite spin doctoring of the 21st C: the renaming of "mercenaries" to "contractors".
- ta0967 10y agoa mercenary is a professional soldier, the spin doctoring goes way back.
- gozur88 10y agoIt's less spin doctoring than technical jargon. Security contractors guard things - buildings, convoys, etc. To call someone a mercenary implies that he's going to be engaged in offensive operations. Most of the contractors we had in Iraq and A-stan weren't doing any fighting. They were people who did things like cooking and driving.