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Use Mercenaries to Fight ISIS?
Townhall.com ^ | September 25, 2014 | Cal Thomas

Posted on 09/25/2014 11:58:06 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 09/25/2014 11:58:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Machiavelli warned about using mercenaries and the mischief they can cause.


2 posted on 09/25/2014 12:02:13 PM PDT by Pietro
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Yep, actually if you think about it, they wouldn’t have to play fair like our idiot Congress seems to think we need to play. The MSM couldn’t blame the Republicans either


3 posted on 09/25/2014 12:02:31 PM PDT by southernindymom
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Do they share some of their goals?

Well, yes, yes they do. They will continue to fight among themselves when necessary to firmly establish=h one doctrine. The you will have world peace, which is defined by them as a world Caliphate, under Sharia Law.

4 posted on 09/25/2014 12:03:04 PM PDT by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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Call Erik Prince....Bring Blackwater back...


5 posted on 09/25/2014 12:04:20 PM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: southernindymom

“mercenaries would be well paid and live under American rules of war “

They wouldn’t go with all the bullshit rules Obama would place on them.


6 posted on 09/25/2014 12:04:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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I listened O’Rielly’s POV. Two things (just off the top of my head) that would worry me; (1) who controls the Global Mercenary Military and (2) what happens if this Military is turned against us?
7 posted on 09/25/2014 12:05:53 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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The Geneva Conventions prohibit the use of mercenaries under Article 47 of Protocol I, and the United Nations prohibits it under resolution 44/34 ("Unlawful combatants").

The question is whether it applies against non-governmental groups like Islamic State--but the US is likely to assume that it does, as it did during the Bush era (there's a reason that groups like Blackwater weren't engaged in major offensives).

8 posted on 09/25/2014 12:08:57 PM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: Kaslin

Would anyone REALLY take an idea from Bill O’Reilly seriously?


9 posted on 09/25/2014 12:14:52 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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NO WE must save the clitorisus!......Hiring it out would be ULTIMATE bad face.....WE must save them......drones are ok....if they are ours...wanna restore faith in U.S. both here and everwhere else?...Then WE must save them.

Serious....this is important....Islam globally is tipping this issue right now.....Its a point of enlightenment.

Besides its our mess.


10 posted on 09/25/2014 12:15:39 PM PDT by therapsida (tThats a group now?)
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To: itsahoot

There would never be peace even if the entire world converted to Islam. Islamic countries and kingdoms would fight each other for control


11 posted on 09/25/2014 12:16:53 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Boonie

Prince was interviewed by O’Reilly the other night, and he says this is a feasible plan, albeit not a perfect one as we all know. It would require proper structuring and oversight by professionals, i.e. not the US Congress or Potus who have clearly proven themselves to be idiots.

We cannot afford to ignore ISIS and we cannot afford to be the policeman of the entire world. A mercenary army that is financially supported by many nations is a good solution to a bad problem and is also a free market approach. Let the private sector incentivize, train, pay, and reward them for results. Or would you rather trust the US military leaders who did away with “don’t ask don’t tell” and queerified the greatest fighting force on the planet?


12 posted on 09/25/2014 12:22:03 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Kaslin

BOOKMARK


13 posted on 09/25/2014 12:29:16 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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“I listened O’Rielly’s POV. Two things (just off the top of my head) that would worry me; (1) who controls the Global Mercenary Military and (2) what happens if this Military is turned against us?”

You’ve nailed it. Command and Control. Americans would eventually hate them. And, these merc’s would eventually dispise Americans. Do a quick read on thr history of the French Foreign Legion. When De Gaulle decided to grant Algeria it’s Independence, Algeria being the Legions historic and emotional home, resisted. Legion units station in France attempted to overthrow the Frence government but were defeated. De Gualle was tempted to completely disband the Legion. And, for all practical purposes did do. But, did retain a couple of battalions and posted them in Paris so to keep them under thumb. But, my main problem with O’Rielly’s proposal is this; if Americans are no longer willing to fight in their own countrie’s behalf, then America is list and deserves to go down the toilet. We will have become Rome.....


14 posted on 09/25/2014 12:33:10 PM PDT by snoringbear (E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)
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I agree with you completely. The USA has become insufferable. And now this from the possible Democratic Presidential Nominee 2016:

Clinton Promises World Without Profits
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3207817/posts

15 posted on 09/25/2014 12:37:19 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Kaslin

I remember about 6 long-haired,Bowie knife

wearing mercs quieting down a mess hall full

of extremly loud Amish one dinner meal in

Quang Tri.

For which we were are grateful for at least once.

One had a MP44 that looked well used.


16 posted on 09/25/2014 12:38:15 PM PDT by Harold Shea
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Amazingly the military contractors hired to protect State Department officials are currently awaiting verdicts on various charges up to murder for a shooting that took place in Iraq when they were escorting a principle in Baghdad and came under fire.

Apparently US law some how permits this legal atrocity.


17 posted on 09/25/2014 12:49:12 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: Kaslin

where to sign up ?


18 posted on 09/25/2014 12:49:46 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: Kaslin

ISIS was born from our attempt to raise a mercenary army.

Now that they’ve gone Kurtz, we have to raise another mercenary army to go after them. And if they go rogue too? Raise another?

And all of them head-choppers, because thats the raw material we’re recruiting from.

If you want an army that will behave honorably, and represent our national interest, and represent us in the process, then send our military. Stand up in front of the American people, be a man, and make the case. Put your own political hide on the line and make the case before sending some soldier to put his life on the line.


19 posted on 09/25/2014 12:49:46 PM PDT by marron
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I have no doubt there’s some already there


20 posted on 09/25/2014 12:53:40 PM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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