Well I am a merc.I prefer my military to be oath-sworn government issue variety.
A merc doesn't swear an oath to anything but a paycheck.
Next you'll be recommending privately owned law enforcement, I bet.
Well I am a merc.
The problem is that nations are not the most loyal to their cause. Just look at what we did to the Kurds in Syria.
Are mercenaries the future?
I have enough experience to work in let's say guarding convoys. Maybe not AcademiYou said you're a security guard.
Sorry but I could say I am a nuclear physicist but, at least up until 1986, my father could prove that I am not, because he WAS a nuclear physicist.
You'll have to prove that you're a merc because too many people here at DP and on other boards make all kinds of claims.
I'm challenging yours.
The problem with mercs is that they tend to "better deal" themselves if the notion suits their fancy, or their parent corporation tends to step in to do so instead, often at the expense of the people.
You might as well state that you'd favor Navy ships with crews composed of pirates.
Again, hard pass on mercs, I refuse to allow a corporation to conduct foreign policy and defense, because there is no accountability.
Same with law enforcement and corrections.
Some things are never meant to be privatized for obvious reasons.
"We" did nothing to the Kurds.
Your hero Donald Trump did it.
I have enough experience to work in let's say guarding convoys. Maybe not Academi
Okay is the state held accountable? Like the bombs it dropped and drugs it sold? What is the difference now between a state and a corporation?
Being a security guard in the US doesn't make you a mercenary. You're being pathetic and exaggerating to make yourself feel cooler than you are. In another thread you argued you being a security guard is "serving your country" and we should all thank you for it. Totally pathetic and delusional.Well I am a merc.
The problem is that nations are not the most loyal to their cause. Just look at what we did to the Kurds in Syria.
Being a security guard in the US doesn't make you a mercenary. You're being pathetic and exaggerating to make yourself feel cooler than you are. In another thread you argued you being a security guard is "serving your country" and we should all thank you for it. Totally pathetic and delusional.
Mercenaries are a terrible idea and are absolutely not the future of warfare. They lack any sense of accountability or duty, which is specifically why countries like Russia use them, so they can commit horrendous war crimes then Russia can publicly shrug and say "that wasn't us, that was these mercenaries that have nothing to do with the Russian government!"
No, we're not going to be emulating that, so throw this on the already huge pile of stupid threads you've made.
Are mercenaries the future? We seen now Putin is very reliant on Wagner mercs for the Russian people might not be fully wanting to be in the war. PMCs are a way for governments to enforce their will without getting the people angry
Well I am a merc.
The problem is that nations are not the most loyal to their cause. Just look at what we did to the Kurds in Syria.
Wagner isn't really a mercenary company. they are the deniable arm of the russian military.Are mercenaries the future? We seen now Putin is very reliant on Wagner mercs for the Russian people might not be fully wanting to be in the war. PMCs are a way for governments to enforce their will without getting the people angry
I was for more than a decade. What company you with?Well I am a merc.
The problem is that nations are not the most loyal to their cause. Just look at what we did to the Kurds in Syria.
Oh shit!You said you're a security guard.
The reputable companies really aren't like that.You said you're a security guard.
Sorry but I could say I am a nuclear physicist but, at least up until 1986, my father could prove that I am not, because he WAS a nuclear physicist.
You'll have to prove that you're a merc because too many people here at DP and on other boards make all kinds of claims.
I'm challenging yours.
The problem with mercs is that they tend to "better deal" themselves if the notion suits their fancy, or their parent corporation tends to step in to do so instead, often at the expense of the people.
You might as well state that you'd favor Navy ships with crews composed of pirates.
Again, hard pass on mercs, I refuse to allow a corporation to conduct foreign policy and defense, because there is no accountability.
Same with law enforcement and corrections.
Some things are never meant to be privatized for obvious reasons.
"We" did nothing to the Kurds.
Your hero Donald Trump did it.
No thanks.Are mercenaries the future? We seen now Putin is very reliant on Wagner mercs for the Russian people might not be fully wanting to be in the war. PMCs are a way for governments to enforce their will without getting the people angry
Well I am a merc.
The reputable companies really aren't like that.
I know because I did it for over a decade.How do you know?
Is blackwater a "reputable company"?
Call me crazy, but if we're going to make war, I insist that those doing so have to sign their name, swear an oath and subject themselves to service to the Constitution under penalty of disciplinary action on behalf of The People of the United States of America if a G.I. (Government Issue) soldier screws up.The reputable companies really aren't like that.
And they're much cheaper than a unit of US military of comparable size and capability.
Reputable companies include the previously mentioned ACADEMI (formerly blackwater)
Blackwater had it's problems but after they got their butts handed to them in Yemen (2009 I think) they have shaped up to a considerable degree.
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