Birds of a Feather

Via Eschaton from Kos:

Fox spins it for the poor mercenary, hated by the U.S troops around him.

Kos says

This unaccountable mercenary, profiting from the misery of war, whines that the US Army hates him. Well they do -- these "security contractors" act as they're not beholden to any laws, they shoot at our troops, they make more money in a month or two than many soldiers make in a year, and their cowboy antics generate resentment and put our troops in even greater risk.

Gilliard says:

"Mercenaries have no rights under the laws of war. The colonel is under no obligation to help a rich mercenary live in safety. If Iraq is too dangerous for him, he has the option that every 11B would love to have. He can go home. The Colonel can't, the MP's manning the guardposts can't. The Trauma nurses can't. But he can go home at any time of his choosing."

Of course our soldiers hate them, regardless how much the wingers might idolize and defend them.

Our soldiers hate paid killers? Best news I've had all day. Even though Dear Leader and his cronies are a pack of crooked liars, it's good to know there are people in our government- and soldiers are the arms of our government- who have their heads in the right place.