Were in their height, the number of private security contractors outnumbered the us troops. How did that come to be . Again, i think we are like that one of the unintended consequences of relying on the all volunteer force and allowing the country to slide into a condition of permanent war. We ended up with too much work, too few warriors and so policymakers and the pentagon turned to the notion of defense contractors to try to fill the gap. At a very high cost. At a very high cost and i would argue with little evidence that they that they were worth the money. I know youre going to stay around and sign some books i want to thank you, colonel, professor,. You know, we barely scratched the surface of this book, so i really encourage you to pick up a copy and you will have a very indepth although somewhat pessimistic understanding of the wars of the middle east. Thanks again. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this is book tv on cspan 2, television for serious readers. H