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That alludes to something that I've been thinking about... So you've got Blackwater providing - for want of a better term - a private army. Now presumably they offer relatively better employment terms than the US Govt., particularly in payment?

So being that Blackwater hires (again presumably) mostly those with previous military experience does this not put them in a directly competing position with the US Govt. who is also drawing from that same limited pool? Just all seems a little odd to me, paying more for the resources of a private Co. that could be said to be undermining your own efforts.