[narf poit chez BOOM]

Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:

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Originally posted by sachmo:
Narf,

My point is that the military has a lot to lose by backing these guys up. If these contractors were under strict military control, then I would have no problem with them getting military support, but without it, I don't see how it's possible.

The mercenaries where sent in there by the US. If the merceneries are under attack, the US should back them up. I'm talking about a combat situation, not allegations of torture. In such a case, the US should have the power to enforce the ROE.

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Do you not think that know that the military will be there to pull their bacon out of the fire may cause the contractors to take chances they might not take otherwise? Also, we've heard how the military is understrength and overextended as it is...what happens when they have to go off-mission to save a bunch of yahoos who went somewhere that they didn't belong?

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Your assuming that the mercenaries will wan't to go charging off into a hot zone for no apparent reason. Most of these guys are ex-military. That means training and disipline. Besides the fact that people, military or not, are not suicidal. And the ones in the article where not charging off like yahoos. They where >defending< the positions they had been hired to defend!

And your missing the point. The US employs them. The US sent them. The US military should give them backup. It's their responcibility.