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What a bizarre statement. Providing for security is also inherent to sovereignty of nations, but private security firms flourish. Not in France or Germany. Ju
by sorokod 7y ago
What a bizarre statement. Providing for security is also inherent to sovereignty of nations, but private security firms flourish.
Not in France or Germany.
Just because US privataises it's military doesn't mean that this is universally accepted as a good idea.
- avocado4 7y agoFrance/Germany is not Soviet Union. Defence industry is alive and well, and it's not a bad thing if regulated properly.
- germanier 7y agoThere are companies like Asgaard GSG providing basically that service (on a smaller scale and without public backing though).
- sorokod 7y agoNote that Asgaard is not operating on behalf of the German government. The service it provides is completely different to politically expedient way of projecting military power by the state.
- atemerev 7y agoSo is Academi. Their primary mission is protecting corporate interests in unstable countries / war zones. Asgaard used to do the same (I am not sure if they still exist).
- sorokod 7y agoAcademi a.k.a. Blackwater of "Nisour Square massacre" [1] ? Same company whose founder is pitching "to deploy a private army to help topple Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro" [2] ? Same company that is now a member of the Constellis Group[3] ? Pardon me for not taking the corporate rebranding shenanigans too seriously. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisour_Square_massacre [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikprince-exclusi-idUSKCN1S608F https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-erikpr... [3] https://constellis.com/sectors/government https://constellis.com/sectors/government
- atemerev 7y agoWell, Maduro put Venezuela into deep humanitarian crisis already, with looting and starvation abound, so it is pretty normal that somebody wants to do something about that. Even if only for profit reasons.