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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I don't think it's trust. I think it's we don't have the personnel to do it.
I'm dating a former marine. He has the skills necessary to do what we need over there, but none of the "please come back" letters from the Marines had any effect on him. He had to think long and hard about finally saying no to the $500K that Blackwater offered up for a six month gig.
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Why can we pay Blackwater enough for them to offer someone $500k (and Blackwater earns a profit on top of what they are paying him, and also pays benefits etc. for him) but we can't keep people in the armed services? Is it that private industries are better at maintaining military services than the government? It seems like even the most libertarian of libertarians says that the military should be a function of the federal government.
For fucking fuckity fuck's sake.
And Sebby, it's the fucking Marines who do the guard duty stuff, not the goddamned army. Get your service branches straight before spouting off.
