I was reading the other day about the private security firm Blackwater (http://www.blackwaterusa.com/securityconsulting/) based in rural North Carolina. This private security firm has been assigned to guard key U.S. government personnel, say the State Department, while travelling in Iraq. These guards are professional. Many of these guards come from the elite echelons of the U.S. military (former Navy SEALS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_SEAL), and to be frank, are generally much more adept at providing safety to our Governmental Leadership.
Sadly, in contrast to the highly professional and lethally effective Blackwater is much of the 'regular military.' In article after article that I read, from Congress to Army personnel, the highly effective Blackwater (again mostly former elite U.S. military personnel) is actually being attacked by those of lesser caliber.
They are being called 'overly lethal' and that they 'drive recklessly' in Iraq. Yet in spite of such covetous critique by lesser skilled military leaders, Blackwater, whether the military likes it or not, is a more effective solution to our National Defense needs.
This is not to be anti-military in any way, but just rather to state the obvious. If you are in War (for example Iraq or Afghanistan), the entire point is to lessen casualties, both through having such a superior fighting technology and such a more highly effective person using such technology that War is not even an option.
So, rather than continuing to critique the best and the brightest, U.S.A., how about the least effective be shown the door! If a Colonel or a General is ineffective, then politely show him or her the door to retirement and hire some young Green Beret or Navy Seal to run the show. Enough Army Reserve Public School Teachers trying to lead convoys past road-side bombs in Iraq!
Hire Blackwater OR gut the military of useless personnel such as JAG officers with too much time on their hands, band members who play the tuba at West Point football games and radar operators when Blackwater is using far superior technology.
Love in Jesus,
Rob J. King, for a safer, more secure United States of America
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Rob
I have a friend who worked some security work in Iraq, securing foreigners both in the green zone and around Baghdad. South Africans are also highly sought after security personnel because of the number of special force soldiers who left the armed forces when these scaled down after the 1994 elections of a democratic government.
My friend (we both got our 1st Dan in Koga Ryu Ninjitsu at the same time, so we spent some 3and a half years training together at least 3 times a week) maintains that the South Africans were also not very welcome and were slowly taken off the job, because they drove to robustly and were often to forceful in their guarding. Yet my friend maintains that while his unit were guarding they had zero casualties, yet as they were replaced by more conventional forces the number of incidences increased. He eventually left with a number of other South Africans because they felt hamstrung in their jobs and under danger. He eventually did not renew his contract and most South Africans were excluded because of their robustness.
I agree there is no reason for incompetence.
Nick,
Ah, that's just because you are all addicted to Rugby and Lion Lager down there in South Africa! :-)
Seriously, yes, you being a martial arts expert would also know that the entire POINT of showing and being able to utilize LETHAL FORCE is so that you NEVER actually are forced to use it!
So, yes, Blackwater is effective because they are ALL special force recruits (from what I know!) and as such, they are much superior to the normal American G.I. who is often some 18 year old kid who has learned how to 'fight' by playing video games and does not have the training nor experience to notice things like I.E.D's potentially sitting in a pile of garbage on the side of the road.
Well, here it goes, the military in the U.S. will HAVE TO BECOME OLDER and more special forces focused with better salaries.
Blessings in Jesus Christ,
Rob
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