Catchword: boots on the ground

Filed Under: English, Military

Part of Speech: n.pl.

Quotation: “In the first Gulf War one in 100 ‘boots on the ground,’ as they call it, was a private contractor.” When the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003, one in 10 was a private contractor. “Today, as we speak and the U.S. is launching a war in Falluja, one in four ‘boots on the ground’ is a private contractor.”

Article or Document Title:
“Berkeley Author Investigates Iraq War Profiteers” (URL)

Author:
Judith Scherr

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Berkeley Daily Planet

Publishing Location:
California

Date of Publication:
Nov. 30, 2004

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