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2019-11-25 -Short Attention Span Theater-

How mercenaries are reshaping the battlefield

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-25 01:41|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Pension system is cheaper too.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-11-25 06:51|| 2019-11-25 06:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The mercenary captains are either capable men or they are not; if they are, you cannot trust them, because they always aspire to their own greatness, either by oppressing you, who are their master, or others contrary to your intentions; but if the captain is not skillful, you are ruined in the usual way.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-25 09:26|| 2019-11-25 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Another crap piece. America has used contractors on the battlefields since the revolution. Who guards the embassy's? Not the Marines, they guard the classified documents. And no not the Ambassador, he has another security firm to protect him. The crimes at Abu Ghriab were performed by US servicemembers. And the whole Blackwater event was a fraud, the Blackwater truck were shot to shit, but there was no evidence allowed to show they were shot at. All of the Blackwater brass was used as evidence, but not one other round was allowed in.
There is a big difference between contractors on the battlefield, armed or not, to mercenaries. This is just more slander to the men and women who protect our soldiers and politicians.

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-11-25 15:06|| 2019-11-25 15:06|| Front Page Top

#4 Right now, the industry is estimated to be worth up to $249bn.

I so wish I could ... Sigh... !

Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-25 15:14|| 2019-11-25 15:14|| Front Page Top

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