“No different than Blackwater et al. i.e., CIA “contractors”…”
BS. First off Blackwater were DoD contractors, not CIA. Secondly Blackwater was contracted to provide defensive security not conduct offensive operations. Their job was to protect personnel and locations such as convoys and embassies. They did not conduct offensive operations, seize territory or attack enemy positions.
Oh, facts, logic and reason again!/sarc
There are some, here, that think it’s perfectly acceptable for the invading army to use actual mercenaries, but cry foul when the invaded country allows foreigners to become citizens and then join the military.
Of course, they rejoice, when they are captured and sentenced to death by a kangaroo court.