Privatizing war

[Dill]

(08-21-2018, 04:39 PM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: It will never happen, not in the United States anyway.

The thing about a countries military that you can not buy is Pride of Country, Loyalty and fighting for your loved ones against the enemy who wants to murder, rape and enslave. An all volunteer military is a very powerful thing to have.

Then there's the fact that a private army, bought and paid for by a country to do your fighting can and will be paid off by your enemy...contracts be damned, especially if that private army can gain much more for switching.

I can see using mercenaries for certain jobs with no connection to the country or government or contracting out security but not cutting checks to have a company fight your wars.

Although, since the United States is moving from an industrial economy to a service based economy, we may have too buy our security.

Sounds like you, yourself, have been in the military and remember the patriotism military members often feel . . . but maybe several decades ago--before there were mercs crawling over FOBs in Iraq and A-stan?