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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by Consultant32452 on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:27PM (#14945107)
How could the private corporation not be accountable to the nations in which it exists? They are building, selling, and training those personnel somewhere. They're still getting their money from the governments. The difference is the disillusionment of the people.
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by michaelchisari on Sunday August 06, 2017 @11:42PM (#14945164)
Who says these private corporations are tied to specific nations?
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by Consultant32452 on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:00AM (#14945227)
Am I being too obtuse by pointing out that a corporation, by definition, requires the legal framework of a nation to even exist? I'll point out again that these private forces need to have their training facilities somewhere, buy their weapons somewhere, etc.
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by michaelchisari on Monday August 07, 2017 @12:11AM (#14945258)
Not obtuse, but I do think you are being naive.
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Re:Blackwater Founder Wants to Provide “Turn Key” Mercenary ... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:12PM (#14964304)
We have private corporations today manufacturing our nuclear weapons and that has worked out fine without them "going rogue." Historically, private fighting forces are not unique or unusual in any way. So what exactly am I being naive about?
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