Mercenaries With Extra Sets Of Teeth To Descend On Afghanistan?

From the career website WiseStep "How to become a mercenary -- a complete guide"

Are mercenaries with extra sets of teeth about to descend on Afghanistan?

Ok, I'm kidding about the extra sets of teeth, an urban legend associated with the Hessian mercenaries hired in the 1700's by the British empire to help lose a war on a distant continent.

The real mercenaries hired as personnel needed to "privatize" the war inAfghanistan will be ordinary humans endowed with killer robots instead of surplus dentation.

Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is a good buddy of the demagogue with bad hair in the White House. Heir to an Amway fortune -- along with his sister, the odious Secretary of "Education" Betsy DeVos -- Prince can shrug off lawsuits against his minions. Recently one of those who slaughtered civilians in Baghdad found some belated justice, but that won't bring any of his victims back to life.

One of the biggest changes to the military in my lifetime has been the retirement of Beetle Bailey in favor of contractors who employ people to peel the potatoes.

This has had several effects.

• It has caused the cost of military operations to skyrocket. This has been compounded by the exorbitant cost of flying killer robots, mechanized engines of death that have steadily replaced humans who have inconveniently soft bodies and emotions like compassion.

• It has caused U.S. taxpayers to be ever more alienated from the military and its obscure doings in countries said taxpayers cannot find on a map.

• It has indemnified the Pentagon from being held legally or financially responsible for the war crimes it funds, plans, sets in motion, and then disavows.

• His boss's decision to go with the mercenary option also may have caused General "Mad Dog" Mattis to quit his government position as Secretary of "Defense" earlier this month.

Aftermath of a suicide bomb last month in Kabul. Such attacks were unknown before the U.S./NATO invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. (Photo: Getty)

The war on Afghanistan has dragged on for 17 years, and the people of Afghanistan are currently less secure than ever.

But hey, yes, let's send in even more expensive killers for hire. They are vetted soldiers who've found a way to make a living out of killing while churning out enormous profits for their CEOs. That's the American way!