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In my opinion we already do...private contractors. They don't count as "boots on the ground" and if they get killed the public and the government doesn't care since they're only "mercs", only their families grieve. You don't see their flag draped coffins at Dover AFB. The government doesn't have to worry about a public opinion backlash.
The government is only concerned that the PMC lives up to its contract. The "mercs" are just numbers.
The government is only concerned that the PMC lives up to its contract. The "mercs" are just numbers.
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Do you think we don't already have one?
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-mercenaries-good-or-bad
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/are-mercenaries-good-or-bad
Are mercenaries good or bad? | RallyPoint
Mercenaries have been around for thousands of years. They have been used and extolled by some leaders and condemned and decried by others. At their best they offer deniability, they offer loyalty, they offer competence. At their worst they mask atrocities, they betray employers, they are second-rate. On net are mercenaries a good thing? Do they offer a necessary gray area? Are they bad? Diminishing accountability and threatening freedom and...
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