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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What's your point? We're not desperate enough to be hiring mercenaries yet? Granted. The government is paying Blackwater a lot of money. It wouldn't be doing this if there were enough soldiers to go around.
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No, that's not my point at all.
My point is your conclusions are too broad and often rooted in more bias than fact. Which is fine. This is a chat board.
It is necessary, however, for that to be pointed out from time to time lest others here wander into the ludicrous notion your beliefs about what's going on over there are unadultereated fact. They are not. I'm just 'checking' you.
We hire the Blackwater mercenaries (they are a variety of that) to perform a limited service, and from what I've read, they are not filling in traditional soldiers roles. They are trained in security, not to advance military interests.
But you're right. Only a fool would argue they don;t step over the line. That point I concede. But whether they're hired to step over the line and act as soldiers? No. I don't agree. I think you want that to be the case because of your political views, but it isn't.
