Guns for Hire

[ls317]

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/ET/popup/200701220000.html?fs=www9.nationalgeographic.com

For up to $600 a day, private security contractors in Iraq's war zone put their lives on the line to protect V.I.P.s and transport critical supplies. Now, Explorer travels alongside three teams of these mercenaries on missions in the "kill zone" to reveal street rules of defense, tools for surviving ambushes and preparedness for the unexpected. See how specially designed vehicle armor and customized weapons help these mercenaries survive being targeted by insurgents.

[EstimatedProphet]

1. National Geographic gets its war on!

They're hip! They're cool! They're with it! And they're all about the kill zone!

[billybob537]

2. When will our troops

get all this high tech hardware. Shrub Murders our troops for corporate profits.

[bperci108]

3. National Geographic is now glorifying mercenaries....

What next?

:puke:

[aikoaiko]

4. Your post will bring out all the contractor haters.

I've known a few who went back to Afganistan and Iraq as contractors. They were just men who had been woefully underpaid for their service as regular military and now could get a chance come up with a substantial house downpayment for their family. In other words, they were just working folk trying to get ahead by taking a dangerous job.

[ls317]

5. Same Boat

I know several who have done the same thing,mainly for $$$$ and trying to provide for there families....because of them working for the local PD/FD making 32k per yr trying to take care of a family of four.Yes it sad that the US military are underpaid for the risks they take on a daily basis..These guys are former miltary/spec ops...

[ThatsMyBarack]

6. I wonder who are....?

....the VIPs they are protecting?? :shrug: