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| DragonLegend | Feb 25 2010, 05:13 PM Post #1 |
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| Neitzluber | Feb 26 2010, 01:52 AM Post #2 |
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It would be cheaper for the military to have gotten him out. Hey, at least he went over there. |
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| Lazurath | Feb 26 2010, 06:35 AM Post #3 |
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From a Land Down Under
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I really hate private militaries. |
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| Ww2nerd | Feb 26 2010, 06:38 AM Post #4 |
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It's extremely dangerous to world security. Let it go along a little ways, and it'll be the Wars of Religion all over again, rampant mercenaries terrorizing the people. |
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"There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold; the arctic trails have their secret tales that'd make your blood run cold... the Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see... was that night on the marge of Lake LeBarge, that I cremated Sam McGee." - Robert W. Service | |
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| DragonLegend | Feb 26 2010, 05:34 PM Post #5 |
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Private military personnel aren't very different from regular military men. You hear about "mercenaries" killing innocents in Iraq, but do you ever hear about the "mercenaries" working aside civilians and protecting them with their own lives? |
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| Lazurath | Feb 27 2010, 12:30 AM Post #6 |
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It don't distrust them because of that, it's the fact to me that they are, essentially, people trained to kill and only work for money. I'm sure all of them are ex-military personnel, and know correct procedures, precautions, etc. but I simply can't trust an army that exists entirely because of the highest bidder. |
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| DragonLegend | Feb 27 2010, 01:12 AM Post #7 |
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What makes you think they do it solely for the money? Every military personnel gets paid. Are you saying they do it for the money? |
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| Ww2nerd | Feb 27 2010, 05:37 AM Post #8 |
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They aren't accountable under international law. It's quite arbitrary if they can be prosecuted in US courts, as they operate in countries outside their jurisdiction. Shoot a thousand people, if they can't prove it in a US court, well, too bad. International law only covers state militaries. |
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"There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold; the arctic trails have their secret tales that'd make your blood run cold... the Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see... was that night on the marge of Lake LeBarge, that I cremated Sam McGee." - Robert W. Service | |
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| Neitzluber | Feb 27 2010, 06:55 AM Post #9 |
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They should be done away with. The government had better spend the money on the real military. Hire more actual soldiers, or give existing soldiers better equipment, pay, benefits, etc. War shouldn't be a business. Nobody should get rich in a war. It is immoral. |
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| Lazurath | Feb 27 2010, 01:56 PM Post #10 |
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An army exists because of national defence, peacekeeping missions, etc. A private army exists because someone could, and was willing to, pay for it. |
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| DragonLegend | Feb 27 2010, 03:54 PM Post #11 |
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I'm not talking about the owners of private militaries, I'm talking about the soldiers. When a millionaire doctor quits his job and becomes a "mercenary", does that mean he did it for the money? |
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| MaxJ | Feb 27 2010, 07:54 PM Post #12 |
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Yes because he wants to become a billionair. |
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| DragonLegend | Feb 27 2010, 08:10 PM Post #13 |
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God I hope you're not being serious, Max. |
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| Neitzluber | Feb 27 2010, 08:11 PM Post #14 |
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Obviously he did. $200,000 a year ought to be enough for any doctor. |
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| DragonLegend | Feb 27 2010, 08:13 PM Post #15 |
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Really? They get paid $200,000 a year? Do you have evidence for that claim, or is it like your claim that health insurance costs $100,000? |
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