> Zap wrote: > why do we even have mercs to begin with? If our recruitment goals are > being made, shouldn't we have enough soldiers to perform all duties? > Or have we always used hired guns in this manner? >
Exactly. Government security should be provided by the government! I sure wouldn't want armed contractors having access to sensitive info or people. One solution might be the creation of a Nation-building/foreign security force - it would be a natural career path for former operators with the tough stuff and a nice one for non-military citizens who can't or don't want to do armed forces service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
