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There are companies like Asgaard GSG providing basically that service (on a smaller scale and without public backing though).
by germanier 7y ago
There 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.