Quote Originally Posted by Cigarbear View Post
For me, I don't see any issue with supporting both troops and contractors. Though the former may not have as good a deal going as the latter, both are integral to the successful completion of the mission and both are doing jobs that I neither can nor would want to. I'll happily by either group a beer and good cigar
This wasn't about the importance of contractors and the role they play in the "completion of the mission".