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Unperson Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 01:46 PM
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So Blackwater and Dyncorp can raise a small army.
But if I were to do it, the FBI would through me in Gitmo. Anybody see anything wrong with this? Corporate America has their own army. These companies are obviously fronts for the CIA or at the very least an example of the turnstile policy between contractors and government.
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 02:24 PM
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1. They can raise a small army of light infantry....
...and some aviation support, but without the big stuff (artillery, a navy and an air force) they are simply there to instill boogeyman fear. Fear that I don't have.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 02:38 PM
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2. It's a rational fear for we New Orleanians
Blackwater came here in the aftermath of Katrina and murded dozens of civilians.

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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:19 PM
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4. RW militias don't need navy or AF -
they always act as non-official adjuncts to the government, which has those in plenty.

Look at Colombia. Guatamala. El Salvador. etc, etc.
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Aviation Pro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 03:24 PM
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5. All the more reason to make sure....
...that the 2nd Amendment remains part of the Bill of Rights and that every citizen knows how to use a firearm.
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-26-07 02:45 PM
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3. Dyncor doing armed mercs these days?
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