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PMCs in the arsenal
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, September 2, 2003 | By Philip Gold/Erin Solaro

Posted on 09/01/2003 10:19:52 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:07:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

War has a way of turning the tangential and the ill-regarded into the vital and successful. Submarines, aircraft, tanks — all endured decades of derision and dismissal before proving their worth.

The reason they were able to prove their worth is that, when the moment came, serious military thinkers had already created effective "concepts of operation" and great leaders knew how to adapt concepts to situations.


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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mercenaries; militaryreadiness; pmc; usmilitary
Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Quote of the Day by zygoat

1 posted on 09/01/2003 10:19:52 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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Well, I've read through the article twice, and I still don't get what the author wants. It's common sense to enlist those you think to be allies to help fight the fight. When has that ever not been true?
2 posted on 09/01/2003 10:29:22 PM PDT by FlyVet
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