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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by Lazare on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:04PM (#14945013)
> I think it is a very disconcerting notion that we would allow a private entity to possess the equipment and infrastructure to wage war.

Historically, that's hardly unusual.

> How do we ensure they don't go rogue?

How do we ensure anyone and anything doesn't go rogue? What does "going rogue" even mean in this context? Are you imagining that they might behave worse than officially state backed forces? How is that even possible, given how horrible state backed forces routinely behave?

I'm not trying to be flippant, but I just don't get the distinction you're trying to make. This doesn't seem especially new, or different, or dangerous.

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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by 3131s on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:28PM (#14945111)
It's not new, Dyncorp has been around since 1946.

And the US-backed groups variously called paramilitaries, anti-communist insurgents, moderate rebels, etc. are essentially foreign-run PMCs by another name.

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