The smiley emoticon was to let you know it was a joke!!! I don't think we should pay for private armies to fight for us when we already have an tax payer funded military!!!
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 8:08 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > No, just the opposite..... > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > >> SO an enlisted man makes $80K more than a privateer!!! :) >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> A difference of close to $80k. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> What is the pay gap between an enlisted person and a grunt in a private >>>> mercenary army??? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/09/let-contractors-fight-the-islamic-state-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-says/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Let contractors fight the Islamic State, Blackwater founder Erik >>>>> Prince says >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By Dan Lamothe <http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dan-lamothe> October >>>>> 9 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Erik Prince testifies in 2007 before the House Committee on Oversight >>>>> and Government Reform about the controversial company he founded, >>>>> Blackwater, Inc. (Photo by Linda Davidson/ The Washington Post) >>>>> >>>>> As the fight against the Islamic State unfolds, the take of Erik >>>>> Prince, the founder of the former private security firm Blackwater, is >>>>> straightforward: If the United States is unwilling to send in ground >>>>> troops, “let the private sector finish the job.” >>>>> >>>>> Prince addressed the subject this week in a little-noticed blog post >>>>> <http://www.fsgroup.com/chairmans-column-isis/> on the site of his >>>>> newest security and logistics firm, Frontier Services Group. Prince >>>>> left Blackwater, with its checkered history in Iraq, including the killing >>>>> by contractors of 17 civilians in a 2007 shooting, in 2010. The trial of >>>>> four Blackwater guards involved in the shooting in Baghdad’s Nisoor >>>>> Square, >>>>> has been underway for months. >>>>> >>>>> Prince is currently courting private business in Africa for his new >>>>> company. He also is preparing to drum up readers for the paperback version >>>>> of his bestselling book, “Civilian Warriors: The Inside story of >>>>> Blackwater >>>>> and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror,” out later this month. >>>>> >>>>> The former Navy SEAL declined interview requests for this piece >>>>> through a spokesperson with his book publisher, the Penguin Group. In his >>>>> blog post, published Monday, Prince said President Obama’s strategy to >>>>> counter the Islamic State is “half-hearted at best” and will not be able >>>>> to >>>>> dig the militants out of any urban centers where they seek shelter among >>>>> civilians. >>>>> >>>>> Prince said military clearing operations fall to foot soldiers, and >>>>> the Iraqi military is “demonstrably inept after billions spent on training >>>>> and equipping.” He points out that when the Islamic State attacked Iraqi >>>>> units earlier this year, they folded and the militants were able to seize >>>>> tanks, Howitzers, armored vehicles and ammunition, among other supplies >>>>> and >>>>> equipment. >>>>> >>>>> “The Kurds, once a lean and strong fighting force that routinely >>>>> rebuffed Saddam’s forces, now find themselves outgunned, under-equipped, >>>>> and overwhelmed,” Prince wrote. “But they do fight, and they fight >>>>> bravely. >>>>> The Kurds’ biggest problem is the U.S. State Department blocking them from >>>>> selling their oil and from buying serious weaponry to protect their >>>>> stronghold and act as a stabilizing force in the region.” >>>>> >>>>> Prince, long a proponent of using private military contractors to >>>>> backstop U.S. policy abroad, added that the private sector has “long >>>>> provided nations around the world with innovative solutions to national >>>>> defense problems,” and he seems to look back fondly on the work Blackwater >>>>> did. >>>>> >>>>> “If the old Blackwater team were still together, I have high >>>>> confidence that a multi-brigade-size unit of veteran American contractors >>>>> or a multi-national force could be rapidly assembled and deployed to be >>>>> that necessary ground combat team,” Prince wrote. “The professionals would >>>>> be hired for their combat skills in armor, artillery, small unit tactics, >>>>> special operations, logistics, and whatever else may be needed. A >>>>> competent >>>>> professional force of volunteers would serve as the pointy end of the >>>>> spear >>>>> and would serve to strengthen friendly but skittish indigenous forces.” >>>>> >>>>> It’s not the first time Prince has said that Blackwater — later >>>>> re-branded as Xe Services, and more recently as Academi — would have >>>>> changed the equation in the fight against the Islamic State. At a >>>>> political >>>>> event last month, he said it was “a shame” the Obama administration had >>>>> “crushed” his old business because it could have solved the issue of >>>>> whether to put American troops on the ground in Iraq this year, according >>>>> to the Daily Beast >>>>> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/19/blackwater-founder-wants-to-fight-ebola-isis-and-for-the-gop-to-get-off-their-ass.html> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> Contractors could have “gone in there and done it, and be done, and >>>>> not have a long, protracted political mess that I predict will ensue,” >>>>> Prince added. >>>>> >>>>> Prince’s comments are likely red meat for those who think the Obama >>>>> administration should do more to fight the Islamic State. 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