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6 thoughts on “WATCH: Legitimate military contractors or going Rambo?”
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Sharyl,
Re: The Combatants
From the logic- and history-steeped mind of Helena :
“ It is Sunday and the ‘Council For Inclusive Capitalism’ is making headlines as Pope Francis joins The Movement. Timing is everything. It appears as though the shadows are moving into the light. Emerging into mainstream as they seek to enforce the final Act of their Shakespearean Play for global dominance, these organizations are anything but ‘inclusive’. They are the money hoarders who built their fortunes on chaos, poverty and death. And they call themselves: The Guardians. “
Being a regular watcher of Full Measure, I was pleased to see yesterday’s treatment of mercenaries as a tool of US policy. So much for the Third Amendment. Mercenaries and the Shadow Government are a big part of the abdication of constitutional governance by our elected representatives, enabled by “black budgets” and other invisible money.
I have always understood such actions violated more than one US law. While the US Constitution authorized letters of marque, I don’t recall the last time such a letter was issued though it has been discussed within the last 20 years by Congress.
But a private citizen waging war as a mercenary is almost certainly against US law. But that rests on the claim that the US can claim and exercise legal jurisdiction outside the US. That ought to be a dubious claim but it often works as smaller nations can’t ignore the 800 pound gorilla in this arena.
This is a very enlightening piece. I had previously assumed a far smaller role for military contractors and have never considered the concept of “plausible deniability”. But it fills in a lot of gaps in my thoughts about how it is that the US facilitates destabilization in various countries. I would love to hear some of these contractors’ description of the seeming chaos that took place in Syria before Russia brought that episode to a close.
Fact is, there is a lot of heavy lifting by Contractors within DoD. In a nutshell, it takes more to run DoD than the government is willing to hire as GS employees, or increased troop levels. So, some work is asked of contractors. Whether assembling toilets in a war zone, Pulling private security details, moving pallets of -you name it; or, providing intellectual-human capitol. Analytical work within DoD is often supported by Contractors. Within the Special Operations Community, Contractors play an important training role, as well as intellectual capitol for various projects. To the government, they pay up front without having to worry about bennefits, and they can extend or cut ties whenever they want depending on the product produced or service provided. P.S. Good to see good journalism from the few remaining these days.
Sharyl,
Re: The Combatants
From the logic- and history-steeped mind of Helena :
“ It is Sunday and the ‘Council For Inclusive Capitalism’ is making headlines as Pope Francis joins The Movement. Timing is everything. It appears as though the shadows are moving into the light. Emerging into mainstream as they seek to enforce the final Act of their Shakespearean Play for global dominance, these organizations are anything but ‘inclusive’. They are the money hoarders who built their fortunes on chaos, poverty and death. And they call themselves: The Guardians. “
-Rick
R u saying they are against Americans and President Trump because the Vatican was with hitler
Being a regular watcher of Full Measure, I was pleased to see yesterday’s treatment of mercenaries as a tool of US policy. So much for the Third Amendment. Mercenaries and the Shadow Government are a big part of the abdication of constitutional governance by our elected representatives, enabled by “black budgets” and other invisible money.
I have always understood such actions violated more than one US law. While the US Constitution authorized letters of marque, I don’t recall the last time such a letter was issued though it has been discussed within the last 20 years by Congress.
But a private citizen waging war as a mercenary is almost certainly against US law. But that rests on the claim that the US can claim and exercise legal jurisdiction outside the US. That ought to be a dubious claim but it often works as smaller nations can’t ignore the 800 pound gorilla in this arena.
This is a very enlightening piece. I had previously assumed a far smaller role for military contractors and have never considered the concept of “plausible deniability”. But it fills in a lot of gaps in my thoughts about how it is that the US facilitates destabilization in various countries. I would love to hear some of these contractors’ description of the seeming chaos that took place in Syria before Russia brought that episode to a close.
Fact is, there is a lot of heavy lifting by Contractors within DoD. In a nutshell, it takes more to run DoD than the government is willing to hire as GS employees, or increased troop levels. So, some work is asked of contractors. Whether assembling toilets in a war zone, Pulling private security details, moving pallets of -you name it; or, providing intellectual-human capitol. Analytical work within DoD is often supported by Contractors. Within the Special Operations Community, Contractors play an important training role, as well as intellectual capitol for various projects. To the government, they pay up front without having to worry about bennefits, and they can extend or cut ties whenever they want depending on the product produced or service provided. P.S. Good to see good journalism from the few remaining these days.