What are your feelings on the use of private armies in Iraq?

Question

Blackwater and the other one.
Mercenaries made of mostly US, British, Russian and African soldiers working for a private company?

and hired by the US

Answer 1

They are primarily former Special Operations soldiers. If they can make bank doing that, more power to them.

Answer 2

You are speaking about armed security services used and paid for by corporations for their safety in Iraq. I don't see anything wrong with it from a US point of view. It's the right of companies who are trying to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure to do it within a certain frame of safety and security. There are very little ways to detect who is a suicide bomber or a dangerous insurgent so if a business is under contract through the Iraqi government to help rebuild their communities, it should be expected to have adequate protection.

Answer 3

Uh yeah sure man. Im all about armies public and private. Why do you think legal tender is for debts public and private. I mean yeah for drugs and stuff you dont really want people to know about but I think its fair to have a private army.

Answer 4

as an Iraqi war vet i would agree with private army's because they could be more effective and it would be less collateral damage for my fellow soldiers to contend with

Answer 5

It's asking for trouble. And right now, we're in enough of THAT as it IS- in Iraq. We're not sure WHY we're there, we don't know WHAT we're doing, and we don't have a clue WHERE we're headed... If THAT isn't a recipe for a disaster waiting to happen- I don't know what is... :(

Answer 6

Its good, it does a service for our country. And our troops dont get paid nearly enough, so if they want to get more money, good for them.

Answer 7

It stinks.