Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) read out a raft of quotes from U.S. military counterinsurgency experts — Gen. David Petraeus and Col. Pete Mansour, to name two — who say it’s better for counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq if contractors fell within the military chain of command. Running Iraqis off the road, Mansour said, according to Tierney, comes at the “detriment of the mission” of convincing Iraqis that the U.S. is looking out for their best interests.
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