Mercenaries Third Largest Force in Iraq

It was a rumor, and the 'corroboration' that you posted was incorrect. You attributed this smear to the Washington Post, when they actually mentioned it as being false. You were corrected, and admitted you were wrong. This just happened to be one that I remember...
http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13097&pagenumber=1
I didn't say you posted EVERY uncorroborated rumor... I mentioned that you post rumors whether uncorroborated or not. I was right.
You also do derail threads, just as others do, when the going gets tough.
 
shemp said:
I will be very interested to see how Dubya and the <strike>Bush Re-Election War Committee</strike> Pentagon retaliate against the people of Fallujah. Will they carry out a thorough investigation and arrest the individuals responsible? Or will they just carry out a wholesale bombing of the city? The former is unfeasible, and the latter will kill many individuals who were innocent and did not take part in the killings. I suspect the actual answer will be somewhere in between but much closer to the latter.
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Fortunately, the Pentagon has more options available to it than your limited imagination can think up.

I expect the entire town to be put on curfew, locked down and a block by block, house to house search to seize weapons and kill any insurgents who choose to fight.
 
An interesting wrinkle. Of course there were actual soldiers killed as well, but to what extent do our official soldiers have an obligation to avenge deaths of private soldiers? As always, just asking.
 
subgenius said:
An interesting wrinkle. Of course there were actual soldiers killed as well, but to what extent do our official soldiers have an obligation to avenge deaths of private soldiers? As always, just asking.
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The US, as an occupying power, has resposibility for the security of Iraq. Clearly, the situation in Fallujah demands action. Doesn't mater if it's private security, civilians, or soldiers who are harmed.
 
WildCat said:

The US, as an occupying power, has resposibility for the security of Iraq. Clearly, the situation in Fallujah demands action. Doesn't mater if it's private security, civilians, or soldiers who are harmed.
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Hmmmmm.
Tell me, what is against the law currently in Iraq?
 
subgenius said:

It was not an honest good faith question to begin with, as evidenced by your own statement that it didn't make common sense to you. Further proof is your conclusion about liberals, a point that you were going to get to one way or the other.
Since it didn't make common sense to you what made you think I was going to waste my time with it?
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So, my implication that I didn't agree with your definition makes it an invalid question to you? No wonder you spend so much time posting to yourself.

"Some people consider liberals to be aloof and defensive when asked an honest question." I'll add that one to my list.
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Very droll, sir. Perhaps you could tattoo it on your liberal hiney!

Still it seems many don't really want to address the political issues surrounding the use of mercenaries throughout history, just like to do that semantic fox trot. Ah one and ah two....
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In other words, you don't have an answer. I'll add that one to my list.
 
Mr Manifesto said:


The human shields I was aware of weren't paid by the Iraqi government. Perhaps you can provide examples of ones who were.
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Looking back, "employ" is the wrong word. "On behalf of" is a better way to put it. But then again, the "mercs" in question weren't paid by the US government, either, unless you make the case that they indirectly benefit from government contracts to their private employers.

It's a little more apples-to-apples than you may think...!
 
From a post above for those who still quibble about whether they are mercenaries (and why did you bother in the first place?):

Gary Jackson, the president of Blackwater, envisions a day when any country faced with peacekeeping duties will simply call him and place an order. "I would like to have the largest, most professional private army in the world," he told me.
 
So, to further discussion on the actual topic of the thread, the question is:
If a country is faced with peacekeeping duties, should we just, as Gary Jackson suggests, just hire mercenaries, like Blackwater? Good, bad, or indifferent?
 
would merc's be protected and or bound by the genvea convention etc.

I'm not a lawyer but I guess not.

Virgil
 
Jocko: "Very droll, sir. Perhaps you could tattoo it on your liberal hiney!"


As Barry Goldwater said to Roseanne on the Tonight Show, "I want a tattoo of some lips kissing my ass. Would you be the model?"
That makes me a Barry Goldwater liberal.
 
Jocko: "Very droll, sir. Perhaps you could tattoo it on your liberal hiney!"

By the way, I am not wrong because I am a liberal, and you are not correct because you are a conservative. So why attempt to bolster an argument with what you consider to be name-calling.

It shows defensiveness and weakness, and undercuts your own argument.
 
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Let's play "spot the troll" :D
 
Okay...I'm baby-sitting computers tonight on OT, so I'm bored and killing time....

It was just kind of amazing to me that over one third of a 3 page thread could consist of nothing more than one pipe smoking attention-whore winking at himself. :hit:

-z
 
rikzilla said:
Okay...I'm baby-sitting computers tonight on OT, so I'm bored and killing time....

It was just kind of amazing to me that over one third of a 3 page thread could consist of nothing more than one pipe smoking attention-whore winking at himself. :hit:

-z
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Rik, I suggest that as you are at work you should not risk posting here and playing with your penis at the same time as someone may walk in on you....
for someone who claims to be concerned about trolling in this thread your last two posts are highly ironic...
 
rikzilla said:
Okay...I'm baby-sitting computers tonight on OT, so I'm bored and killing time....

It was just kind of amazing to me that over one third of a 3 page thread could consist of nothing more than one pipe smoking attention-whore winking at himself. :hit:

-z
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Apparently nothing can goad anyone into one intelligent comment on the issue of the use of mercenaries.
And nothing can shame you into admitting to false accusations.
Rik means never having to say you're sorry.
Was wondering when you'd show your face again.
Hi, how ya doing? Have fun keeping score.
 
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