I have to disagree with Sarah Palin and Dick Armey on this one. Rand didn’t fall far from his Dad’s tree, although he doesn’t seem to mention him. While the have some good ideas, it is their lack of foreign policy knowledge that is frightening. Anyone who is against the military (especially those that have served), foreign deployment is not someone I want in power. The Pauls are for making our military into mercenaries by issuing Letters of Mark.
It's a letter or marque, very Constitutional and would help in the WOT, and does not imply using the military for that role, but for PMC's.
That’s Letters of Marque. The military would not be “mercenaries” under that system. Precisely the opposite. Their role would be that of true citizen army geared to self-defense. The letter of marque would be exclusively for private individuals and targeted foreign missions. If anything, the current military, which has the unsustainable role of world policers in far removed in foreign lands, betters fits the label of mercenary or legionaires.