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Originally Posted by Skybird
A nation should not leave it's national wars to mercenaries. War is no business that should be left to private enterprises. Becasue such enterprise do not have iunterest in acchieving peace, but in keeping wars alive (else they become short on incomes). Nations claiming sovereignity about controlling there own armed foces were a great acchievement in European history, that of course had to be acchieved against the bitter opposition of private war enterprises, and the unorgnaized, payed warbands that dominated the european battlefields before with uncountered brutality and arbitrariness against civil population (30-years-war being the prime example). Outsourcing of military capacity is no acchievement, but a huge step back in history.
It only makes sense if a nation wishes to wage wars for which it does not want to claim responsibility, saying the state does not interfere with private business. Nevertheless such a practice is questionable, at best.
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Blackwater is used for security of sites and personnel. They don't take on tactical missions so I wouldn't call it a step back to the middle ages. I'm not defending Blackwater but don't say what they aren't unless you are talking out of scope for the thread title. I'd be willing to bet a virtual hundred dollar bill that Blackwater and that British outfit don't do any '
jobs' without clearance from their respective State Departments so don't look for them to conquer any countries at least in the near future. Those days are over at least as far as government sanctioned groups go. Non sanctioned groups are squeezed and forced out by governments. Today they free up government resources to perform the primary mission and not be part of the primary mission. Rent an army is here and won't be leaving and they will be security focused and not tactical combat focused. Your reasoning is too politically unstable for todays wars.