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JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Sounds good, half the US fleet is around there too, just to intimidate Iran anyway. But any action would contradict the prime directive : Chaos = Opportunity = Dollars ;) Them pirates are rogue, they sure could be used for something useful, just like the Taliban were so diligently utilized. Remember how that worked out sooo well ?
JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Republicans will leave office armed and dangerous... they could be even more lethal in the field than in power ! Whenever a people... entrust the defence of their country to a regular, standing army, composed of mercenaries, the power of that country will remain under the direction of the most wealthy citizens.": A Framer - Anonymous 'framer' of the US Constitution - Source: Independent Gazetteer, January 29, 1791
JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is not a partisan issue. The mere concept of a private army is way wrong from the get go for only the ruling class can afford it and it will be used for private interest at the expense of of us all... and the US army in particular.
smeltersam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Blackwater should be after those damn pirates!
KTIZZZ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
i understand why Democrats are pissed off about Blackwater, but hey, you guys are the ones who pushed for privatization. so, look what you got.
distressed7 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Blackwarer is slime. Only assholes operate like this. Besides that, it is soo much bullshit. It's all about how big All American Larry's little dick is. They are largely fucked up little dipshits. Fucked up little psuedo-Christians who think they are cool. NOT. Dumb people who cannot argue, nor can they admit any of this. Self-honesty about their motives are largely vanished from the psyche of these types. Stupidity is the M.O. of this type. LSD would drive them to suicide.
tubub (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Prateorian guard arent mercenaries... Id compare these with mercenaries the Romans used to keep colonies like Frankish mercenaries...
And wouldnt it be more productive to put the interview with dick cheney saying we'd be fighting a war in the shadows than this
JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Although the Praetorians have similarities, they are unlike any of the regular Legions of the Roman Empire. Their nine cohorts (one less than a legion) were larger, the pay and benefits were better, and its military abilities were reliable. They also received gifts of money called Donativum from the emperors.
JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunger... they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poor... They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace." Tacitus / Roman historian
JFWilliam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
As Caesar discovered with the Legio X Equestris, a powerful unit more dangerous than its fellow legions was desirable in the field. When Augustus became the first ruler of the Roman Empire in 27 BC, he decided such a formation was useful not only on the battlefield but in politics also. |
