KOS MAY SNEER AT ‘EM, but these guys seem to be earning their pay:

An attack by hundreds of Iraqi militia members on the U.S. government’s headquarters in Najaf on Sunday was repulsed not by the U.S. military, but by eight commandos from a private security firm, according to sources familiar with the incident.

Good work. (Emphasis added.) Hey, back when I was consulting with Al Gore’s “Reinventing Government” task force back in ’93 it was all about introducing efficiencies by getting the private sector involved. Looks like it worked!

UPDATE: More here. And though I’m kind of tired of the whole Kos story, a reader points to what should surely be the very last word: “Kos’s original offense, combined with his current stance? It’s sort of like eating a baby and then apologizing for burping afterwards.”