"The Hardest of the Hardcore": Let's Outlaw Hired Guns in Contemporary American Warfare

After reading this I was a little confused as to what its purpose was. Was this article proposing a solution to a problem or just addressing a problem? Primarily I only really saw the background information, theses put in different paragraphs to keep reiterating it's main point, and the information used to back up the idea that action must be taken to outlaw hired contractors. Then I read the "Thinking Critically" part and it became a little clearer that his paper was "almost entirely devoted to showing that a problem exists." If he hasn't convinced people that there is a problem with the civilian contractors, than I don't know what his paper does. He stated that there was a problem and gave multiple reasons as to why it is a problem. It almost got boring because after the 3rd or 4th point he didn't need to convince me anymore, I had gotten the point. I think that after that he could have proposed some solutions.  This would have made me want to become more involved and learn more because there would have been a point that I could've started with to solve this problem. All in all though I learned something new, and I guess that although this is considered a "planning proposal" type of essay, I don't think that I will necessarily choose this type of writing in my next paper.