In fact, the use of private contractors to turn the course of war without endangering the lives of American soldiers may be commended for its shrewdness by some. Inc. After the Dayton accord was signed, a Pentagon official urged the Bosnian government to hire MPRI to train its military forces. The State Department has issued a license for MPRI to implement a full-scale training program for the police and military in Angola, a deal said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. These and other contracts are just the beginning of a new era of military outsourcing involving MPRI and other contractors providing similar services. The implications of this trend are concealed under a shroud of convenience.
Contracting removes operations from congressional and public scrutiny.
The public would not be aware of the major operations ordered by the executive branch because there would be no major deployment of American troops and funding could come from client states, even if it is paid with American aid dollars. All that would be needed is a license from the State Department. Americans are not aware of the ongoing transformation of their military institution. America's military industrial complex was once made up of arms makers, military brass and supportive politicians in Washington. Arms makers and military tacticians are consolidating their cooperation while edging out the increasingly irrelevant elected representative.