There’s no incentive to end a privatized war

The Trump White House is weighing unprecedented plan to privatize much of the war in Afghanistan in an effort to break a stalemate.

Another assinine comment by President Trump to drain the American taxpayers. If you’re getting paid, what’s your incentive to win the war? Joe Napoli

Since the situation in Afghanistan is dragging on with no end in sight, it makes sense to consider alternative solutions. Jim Reid

“Alternate solutions” replete with a no-bid contract could make it easy to facilitate kickbacks with no accountability. Mike Gleason

There is already a word for this: mercenaries. And it’ll end up costing more than predicted and ultimately not work. John Varine

If it’s an idea coming from the Trump administration, it’s bad, according to the left. What are the Democrats’ plans? Privatizing parts of the Afghanistan War could mean no U.S. troops in harm’s way, and less expensive than it currently is. Let Trump do what he thinks is best. Jesse Smith

Trump is the commander in chief, not a senator or representative. It’s his job to come up with a plan. This is his call and his responsibility. This plan raises many questions, one of which is the possible conflict of interest and cronyism.

Max Linder

Why are we even still in Afghanistan? Is it to prop up our corrupt and incompetent puppet government? What American freedoms are we fighting for in Afghanistan?

Bruce Freiberg

It’s not “private” if taxpayers are paying for it.

John Bertelson

I hope Americans reject this idea completely. It is wrong to farm out our fighting duties. If Afghanistan is important, our military should be equipped to do it. We have to commit. If it’s not important, we should pull out totally.

Geoffrey Schoolar