well, what do they get now?
So Iraqi troops used to get $80 a month.
Can't we pay them what we pay the security (private) forces that make five and six figures a year? We'd have a lot more troops I'd guess. foreign troops too (or mercenaries.)
Anyway what do Iraqi soldiers make now? Someone let me know.
posted by bringiton at 6:56 PM
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What? Wouldn't it be way cheaper to pay the old military to serve under the new government? At $80 a month and a million people, it's just under a billion dollars a year - plus, the military would be economically motivated to listen to and cooperate with the US. Who pays the salaries, right?
A billion dollars a year is a lot of money, no doubt, it's way less than the trillions we're dumping into the war now.... and a lot fewer dead US soldiers.
also the $80 a month was 2003 wages (or before) according to the article...
so figure about 3 cents for inflation since then? $80.03
I'm just saying
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