Supporting the...Contractors?

The US House of Representatives want to pass a bill that would make private military contractors (like Blackwater) subject to US law. In other words: make them accountable. However...

...the White House, in a formal statement of policy, said the measure would overburden the military, overstretch the FBI, intrude on prosecutorial decisions and extend federal jurisdiction overseas in ways that would be "impossible or unwise."

I'm no expert, but even I can use "average-guy logic" to break this down:

1. Making PMCs accountable will "overburden the military:" The military is already overburdened; this isn't the same military that was designed to fight two separate wars. In fact the concept of fighting such battles pretty much went away after the Cold War concluded (If 9/11 changed how America looked at terrorism, the nuclear bomb changed how the average military mind looked at warfare). As a result, the US military Bush used to invade Iraq, while admirable, was not equipped or trained for a long, dragged-out conflict. The best way to address the "burden" is to institute a draft, but that's political suicide at this point. Besides, this excuse is coming from the same Administration who is threatening to attack Iran on an almost weekly basis? Please.


2. Making PMCs accountable will "overstretch the FBI:" My question is: "How?" Aren't we talking about the "Federal Bureau of Investigation" here? What other pressing issues are preventing them from doing something like, making sure PMCs are re-creating the Wild West in the Middle East? Until this excuse is elaborated on, I don't see this holds water.


3. Making PMCs accountable will "intrude on prosecutorial decisions:" Now a prosecutor is one who is "instigating prosecution in a criminal proceeding." Two groups come to mind for the PMCs: The State Department (although it looks like they're enablers more than anything else) and the FBI (who the White House seems scared of for some reason). Other than these two, who else is making "prosecutorial decisions?" Please don't say the CEOs.


4. Making PMCs accountable will "extend federal jurisdiction overseas in ways that would be 'impossible or unwise:'" If the country in question was Great Britain or Canada, they might have a solid case here. But the one thing that everyone can agree with it Iraq is no where near being a stable government; otherwise we wouldn't be here. In other words: we've pretty much had "federal jurisdiction" over the place since Saddam went into hiding. How many time has Bush strong-armed Maliki? And if Iraq had any real say-so that could be threaten by this bill, that was lost when they tried to kick Blackwater out and got the finger.