If I hire a security guard does that mean I hired a mercenary?
I agree with Tom. The left wants us to lose in Iraq. So by defeating this or that contractor who is helping the effort in Iraq then they will be defeating the US Troops who will be forced to pick up the extra burdon...Calling them mercenaries is part of the plan to defeat the USA.
heck, they even call the US Army a band of Mercenaries because they are paid for their service.
The left wants a defeated USA...Nothing less will suit them.