May 4th, 2004, 12:13 AM
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Re: OT: Privatized War
Well, I found this little quote surprising:
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"Each private firm amounts to an individual battalion," said one U.S. government official familiar with the developments.
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A battalion? That's quite a bit of firepower. I'm having a bit of trouble imagining the market demand for several battalion-sized private "security" forces (i.e., mercs). Somehow seems a bit too much like something I'd d/l from Baen. 
[edit]I meant I have trouble seeing the demand that led many someones to say to themselves, "Self, you have much goods laid up for many years. Life will be boring now, so why don't you go recruit a bunch of old SpecOps personnel who still wanna fight and start your own mercenary battalion!"
[ May 03, 2004, 23:18: Message edited by: Krsqk ]
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