A Daily Kos diary by “pacified” demonstrates once again that patriotism and compassion for which the Kidz are justly famous: Daily Kos: Mercenaries: Screw ’em. (Hat tip: cr.)

Just the latest tragedy in Iraq:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - British soldiers backed by U.S. military helicopters battled insurgents near the Kuwaiti border Friday, close to where a private security team of four Americans and an Austrian were kidnapped. A top police official said a criminal gang had snatched the men and demanded ransom.

Private security team? Is that straight from the PR materials?

Let’s not mince words and call these people exactly what they are: Mercenaries.

They represent the Bush agenda of privatizing our military—a policy the Democrats must forcefully reject and reverse in the new Congress. We need to show the American people just how disgusting these profiteers—focusing especially on those who run these companies—have been, and how destructive they are to the military as a whole.

The American people will reject this and hold the Republicans to blame. No one likes a profiteer. Democrats just have to make sure they American people do find out—and we’ll be here to help out.

So what can the Dems do? Dunno. But Jack Murtha has the purse strings, I heard. Maybe we could defund the private contracts, and call them out explicitly in authorization bills. Maybe we could draft legislation specifically forbidden the current and future privatization of certain functions in the military. Let Bush veto it.

Because Americans will not support this if they know what’s going on. You don’t out source war.

The GOP likes to attack Kos for his comment saying “Screw Them”, but Kos was right then (in the comments). And he’s still right now.