Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Blakenzy on October 19, 2012, 01:57:05 AM
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The Government's Mercs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNiEq95rT4
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Ah, they seem like they were simply blowing off steam.
Why cant ABC news say anything about fast and furious?
Maybe if Afghanistan had better strip clubs then this stuff wouldn't happen.
Or maybe they need better sattelite TV?
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If they get any rowdier, they can apply to the Secret Service when they get back home.
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Ahhh, see those contractors were just like the contractors we used in Libya....
(I bet that's why this story hit now...)
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Tangential:When beloved troops become bloodthirsty mercernaries
http://vuurwapenblog.com/2012/10/18/when-beloved-troops-become-bloodthirsty-mercenaries/
These are the same men who are supposedly loved by the vast majority of Americans when they're in uniform - just look at Gawker's own coverage of the recent SEAL hostage rescue in Somalia. Unfortunately, they're pitied once they have taken off that uniform... and they're looked at with suspicion bordering on disgust when they take a job with a PMC.
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So some foppish newscaster is appalled that men who chose a career path because they enjoy breaking stuff and killing bad people also don't conform to normal social boundaries in their free time?
Shocking!
To paraphrase some guy who said something famous: "we all get to sleep comfortably at night because there are rough men willing to do our dirty work."
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do they have "free time" over there? or are they on call and responsible for protecting others? it seems even mr special k isn't simpatico with your view
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do they have "free time" over there? or are they on call and responsible for protecting others? it seems even mr special k isn't simpatico with your view
Depends on the job. When I was off duty and someone shot at the base, I went to a bunker and continued my sleepy time in there, I didn't have anything to do really short of an enemy wave storming over the wire (which isn't damned likely to happen in Bagram). When I was on duty in the S2 shop and someone shot at the base, I got to put on body armor and keep working while everyone else went to the bunker and got to enjoy nap time.
Just because a couple of the guys were getting shitfaced doesn't mean there was a guard tower somewhere unmanned. As for Medic K, yeeaah, I'd say that's a bit more over the line than a couple guys cutting loose on their time.
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at least medic is owning up. its both smart and the honorable thing to do
did no one else learn from nixon, abu gharib and a thousand other instances that you never ever record the things you do? nor allow other to? hmmm that reminds me i gotta make sure my next door neighbor from 79 is really dead
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Tangential:When beloved troops become bloodthirsty mercernaries
http://vuurwapenblog.com/2012/10/18/when-beloved-troops-become-bloodthirsty-mercenaries/
Had I not already committed to a previous engagement, I would have jumped at that opportunity. Future Missus roo_ster's very tiny foot made clear that I made quite enough $$$$/year at my job and there was no need to risk mking her a widow fro only 3x$$$$/year.