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To: Kaslin

Blackwater Security needs to grow into the equivalent of an American Foreign Legion, like the French Foreign Legion. I compare the two, because there are some important parallels that Blackwater must embrace in its business model.

To start with, Blackwater needs a corporate headquarters outside of the United States, especially now, to protect it from a hostile Democrat party. But this also would allow Blackwater to recruit from the best soldiers around the world, who are not US citizens.

As with the FFL, Blackwater would optimally keep American leadership, to avoid conflicts with US, NATO and other friendly forces.

This also allows the US to more freely subcontract with Blackwater, to use it on missions of importance to the US, but far less expensive than using US military, and in places we would prefer not to send US military forces, either. Extended, low intensity missions like Bosnia would save the US billions of dollars by using contracted light infantry.

The US could optionally provide support to Blackwater operations in things such as transport and logistical support, as well as diplomatic agreements to protect them from legal ramifications of their activities.


9 posted on 01/07/2009 6:19:00 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

There was such a company out of South Africa... Executive Outcomes. They basically got shut down. I’m not sure that Blackwater has much of a future even if they move their HQ outside the US.


22 posted on 01/07/2009 6:58:59 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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