Why is the Republican Party leadership not up in arms about the way Blackwater was managed under the Bush Administration? Forget Benghazi. The White House not only enabled the private firm to behave badly, it deliberately undermined the functioning of legitimate government operations -- like a State Department investigation -- in order to give the group free rein.
Here's the answer: Republicans believe that when government acts, it is wrong, but when private companies act, all is good. (This is not unrelated to the Hobby Lobby decision today -- more on that after I have read the full decision.) Republicans want to contract out functions that ought to be kept within the powers of the government, and that includes military action.
My complaint with that position is that it undermines the accountability that is fundamental to the rule of law. It's dangerous.
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