Nasty Blackwater people.
http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1088215/bomb_wounds_polish_ambassador_to_iraq/index.html
http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/1088215/bomb_wounds_polish_ambassador_to_iraq/index.html
My baby brother is a SEAL, in and out of various Middle Eastern hotspots multiple times; he and his colleagues have total contempt for these mercenaries. From what he's told me, incidents like these represent only the tiny iceberg tip.
They saved the Polish Ambassador's life.
But I know that doesn't count for anything in your books.
I'm sure it doesn't count for much in theirs, either. They just did their jobs.
They saved the Polish Ambassador's life.
But I know that doesn't count for anything in your books.
I'm sure it doesn't count for much in theirs, either. They just did their jobs.
I don't know why we have mercenaries at all.
Can somebody tell me how this happened? Who are these people to go into any country under any banner and shoot people??
Military types. Former soldiers and marines who developed a taste for action that you can't get as a civilian. The opportunity to earn a living for what you're trained to do isn't an anomaly in society, or historical societies.Who are these people to go into any country under any banner and shoot people??
That should be the Army's job, not some hired guns.
Ha! But you can sure find enough fat ugly women who write and marry death row inmates.Nothing new, but nobody likes a merc.
Just like nobody likes a snitch. Hell, they get the bad guys locked up, but everyone hates them.
To protect important people like the Polish Ambassador. I figure he'll be hiring Blackwater to replace the bodyguards he lost.
It would count more if they asked questions before shooting when it comes to the Iraqis.
You don't ask questions to someone who is shooting at you.
To protect important people like the Polish Ambassador. I figure he'll be hiring Blackwater to replace the bodyguards he lost.
There's that ignorance showing again, IG.
You don't ask questions to someone who is shooting at you.
They saved the Polish Ambassador's life.
But I know that doesn't count for anything in your books.
I'm sure it doesn't count for much in theirs, either. They just did their jobs.
I'm sorry Joe, but I am not following you. Your first post calls Blackwater Nasty but your later posts seem to me to be defending Blackwater. Please explain, because I am missing something.It's a political dodge. Our soldiers don't bodyguard other country's VIPs. If one of them gets killed in our care, it would be a political nightmare.
That's where professional bodyguards come in. Everyone loves to hate them, but they are a necessary evil.
Rant and rave about hired guns as much as you please, but this is one fact of life that all your bitching cannot change. They will still be used long after you and I are gone to our respective afterlives.
Not to put words in Joe's mouth, but he's sarcastically exaggerating the tough talk about the actions of Blackwater in contrast to their proven effectiveness at defending the lives of high-value targets.I'm sorry Joe, but I am not following you. Your first post calls Blackwater Nasty but your later posts seem to me to be defending Blackwater. Please explain, because I am missing something.