http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/judi/2004-12-12/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-1921270

For those that dont read spanish:
retired Military leaders in Colombia are being hired to lead U.S troops in Iraq. since these leaders have experience in Vietnam-like combat conditions, their qualifications are excellent, and their pay is, by Colombian military standards, awesome. heres the catch, well, actually, two catches. One, no indemnization or pay will be given to the families of any deceased soldiers in Iraq, and in Colombian law, their military Social security is no longer available, since theyre serving again. Two: the recruitment is privatized ( big surprise). Its led by Blackwater USA, and Dyncorp, which both have corporate interests in Combat and Colombia. But most of the recruitment ( 80%) is being done by Halliburton. Bigger surprise.
the conservatives want to expand the military, yet later they have to outsource it because no one wants to join, and the soldier's pay and training is costign waaay too much.