That’s just what American needs right now: a corporate war machine.

The White House is actively considering a bold plan to turn over a big chunk of the U.S. war in Afghanistan to private contractors in an effort to turn the tide in a stalemated war, according to the former head of a security firm pushing the project.

Under the proposal, 5,500 private contractors, primarily former Special Operations troops, would advise Afghan combat forces. The plan also includes a 90-plane private air force that would provide air support in the nearly 16-year-old war against Taliban insurgents, Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security firm, told USA TODAY.

Well, damn, I didn’t see that coming: a military junta.

Can you even come close to imagining how much this would cost?  Hell, probably more than a beautiful diamond encrusted and gold dusted wall at Mexico.

Hell, we turned over our health care to private insurance companies and that worked out real well, right?  Now imagine insurance companies with guns and tanks.

(By the way, don’t you just love how USA Today calls it a “bold” plan instead of an UnAmerican fascist idiot plan?)