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the whole point of mercenaries is meant to be distance and deniability. if something 'goes wrong' who gets the blame?
by jimjimjim 9y ago
the whole point of mercenaries is meant to be distance and deniability.
if something 'goes wrong' who gets the blame?
- beedogs 9y agoWell, apparently nobody gets the blame. Or, more accurately, the court system overturns the convictions of mercenaries who slaughter dozens of civilians: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/murder-conviction-in-blackwater-case-thrown-out-other-sentences-overturned/2017/08/04/a14f275c-792e-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/murder-co...
- chii 9y agoit should be the paying entities that takes the responsibility. The mercs themselves don't (and arguably shouldn't) take any liability when they are ordered to kill anyone.