In addition to the inability of military armies to fully secure assets abroad, the lack of available financial and personnel resources were also a contributing factor for the reliance of PMC support in Iraq. The U.S. government has made it clear that they do not know the exact number of PMCs involved in the Iraq invasion and their inability to monitor these figures is due to the fact that they were not ready to privatize this mission to the level in which they did.
Financially speaking, the United States has spent more money on PMC’s than any other country in the world. From 1994 to 2002, the U.S. Department of Defense reportedly approved over three thousand contracts with U.S.-based PMCs at an estimated value of three hundred billion dollars.
Financially speaking, the United States has spent more money on PMC’s than any other country in the world. From 1994 to 2002, the U.S. Department of Defense reportedly approved over three thousand contracts with U.S.-based PMCs at an estimated value of three hundred billion dollars.