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I think they are called "advisors" because it is not politically
expedient to call them what they really are, which is "combatants".
It's kind of a back door way to get your guys on the ground without
actually admiting to what you are doing.

They are called advisors because they aren't doing the actual ground combat or
are they an official part of the local command structure.. I don't think there
has been any pretext that these people were not in combat in the present
situation. We do have actual combat troops in the same area, so that seems to
be a pretty lame arguement.

SYOTR
Larry C.