No, just the opposite..... On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Brian Bednarek <bri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> SO an enlisted man makes $80K more than a privateer!!! :) > > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> A difference of close to $80k. >> >> On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Brian Bednarek <bri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> What is the pay gap between an enlisted person and a grunt in a private >>> mercenary army??? >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/10/09/let-contractors-fight-the-islamic-state-blackwater-founder-erik-prince-says/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Let contractors fight the Islamic State, Blackwater founder Erik Prince >>>> says >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> By Dan Lamothe <http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/dan-lamothe> October >>>> 9 >>>> >>>> >>>> Erik Prince testifies in 2007 before the House Committee on Oversight >>>> and Government Reform about the controversial company he founded, >>>> Blackwater, Inc. (Photo by Linda Davidson/ The Washington Post) >>>> >>>> As the fight against the Islamic State unfolds, the take of Erik >>>> Prince, the founder of the former private security firm Blackwater, is >>>> straightforward: If the United States is unwilling to send in ground >>>> troops, “let the private sector finish the job.” >>>> >>>> Prince addressed the subject this week in a little-noticed blog post >>>> <http://www.fsgroup.com/chairmans-column-isis/> on the site of his >>>> newest security and logistics firm, Frontier Services Group. Prince >>>> left Blackwater, with its checkered history in Iraq, including the killing >>>> by contractors of 17 civilians in a 2007 shooting, in 2010. The trial of >>>> four Blackwater guards involved in the shooting in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square, >>>> has been underway for months. >>>> >>>> Prince is currently courting private business in Africa for his new >>>> company. He also is preparing to drum up readers for the paperback version >>>> of his bestselling book, “Civilian Warriors: The Inside story of Blackwater >>>> and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror,” out later this month. >>>> >>>> The former Navy SEAL declined interview requests for this piece through >>>> a spokesperson with his book publisher, the Penguin Group. In his blog >>>> post, published Monday, Prince said President Obama’s strategy to counter >>>> the Islamic State is “half-hearted at best” and will not be able to dig the >>>> militants out of any urban centers where they seek shelter among civilians. >>>> >>>> Prince said military clearing operations fall to foot soldiers, and the >>>> Iraqi military is “demonstrably inept after billions spent on training and >>>> equipping.” He points out that when the Islamic State attacked Iraqi units >>>> earlier this year, they folded and the militants were able to seize tanks, >>>> Howitzers, armored vehicles and ammunition, among other supplies and >>>> equipment. >>>> >>>> “The Kurds, once a lean and strong fighting force that routinely >>>> rebuffed Saddam’s forces, now find themselves outgunned, under-equipped, >>>> and overwhelmed,” Prince wrote. “But they do fight, and they fight bravely. >>>> The Kurds’ biggest problem is the U.S. State Department blocking them from >>>> selling their oil and from buying serious weaponry to protect their >>>> stronghold and act as a stabilizing force in the region.” >>>> >>>> Prince, long a proponent of using private military contractors to >>>> backstop U.S. policy abroad, added that the private sector has “long >>>> provided nations around the world with innovative solutions to national >>>> defense problems,” and he seems to look back fondly on the work Blackwater >>>> did. >>>> >>>> “If the old Blackwater team were still together, I have high confidence >>>> that a multi-brigade-size unit of veteran American contractors or a >>>> multi-national force could be rapidly assembled and deployed to be that >>>> necessary ground combat team,” Prince wrote. “The professionals would be >>>> hired for their combat skills in armor, artillery, small unit tactics, >>>> special operations, logistics, and whatever else may be needed. A competent >>>> professional force of volunteers would serve as the pointy end of the spear >>>> and would serve to strengthen friendly but skittish indigenous forces.” >>>> >>>> It’s not the first time Prince has said that Blackwater — later >>>> re-branded as Xe Services, and more recently as Academi — would have >>>> changed the equation in the fight against the Islamic State. At a political >>>> event last month, he said it was “a shame” the Obama administration had >>>> “crushed” his old business because it could have solved the issue of >>>> whether to put American troops on the ground in Iraq this year, according >>>> to the Daily Beast >>>> <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/19/blackwater-founder-wants-to-fight-ebola-isis-and-for-the-gop-to-get-off-their-ass.html> >>>> . >>>> >>>> Contractors could have “gone in there and done it, and be done, and not >>>> have a long, protracted political mess that I predict will ensue,” Prince >>>> added. >>>> >>>> Prince’s comments are likely red meat for those who think the Obama >>>> administration should do more to fight the Islamic State. 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