[lit-ideas] Re: Military mercenaries
- From: "Lawrence Helm"<lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:48:31 +0000
"And Lawrence, please stay out of this discussion. You only say irresponsible
things."
By "irresponsible," do you mean "non-Leftist?
By "irresponsible" do you mean sticking to the facts and evidence rather than
engaging in wild Leftist speculation and innuendo.
And all you non-Leftist Lit-Idears, have you read what Andreas just wrote.
Doesn't that just frost your gears?
Lawrence
------------Original Message------------
From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, Sep-19-2007 4:32 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Military mercenaries
There are several problems with mercenaries:
1) They're not obligated to stay. It's a job, not a duty. If a battle goes
bad, the mercenaries can simply leave. What happens then?
2) They work for the highest bidder. Blackwater and others work for the US
government, but what happens when Iran hires them? Or Saudi Arabia or
Pakistan?
3) What about mercenaries in other countries? If a South African mercenary
is captured by US military, is he a prisoner of war?
4) It's all very nice to talk about US mercenaries outside the USA, but what
happens when they are hired inside the USA? Will we really accept
mercenaries inside the USA? Blackwater was hired in New Orleans. What will
happen when US civilians are killed by mercenaries? What if the mercenaries
are foreigners?
5) Will the US be so understanding about "private security forces" if those
forces are attacking the USA? What if the jihadi hire South African or
Israeli mercenaries to attack the USA? Will this be okay, just as the US
finds it okay to hire Central American mercenaries and send them out to kill
in Iraq?
And Lawrence, please stay out of this discussion. You only say irresponsible
things.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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