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ConcernedCanuk

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3. "Private Contractors"??

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 07:46 AM

Jun 2013

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didn't they used to be called mercenaries?

Used to be, the word "Private Contractor" referred to plumbers, electricians, carpenters . .

oh right -

collateral damage didn't use to mean killing innocent civilians . .

I need a new dictionary,

from the DOD.

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