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alldaylong
reply to post by boncho
Private Military Companies like Academi are nothing new. The history of these companies go back to 1965. The first one was set up by S.A.S founder Sir David Stirling. It was called " WatchGuard International".
Everything you ever wanted to know about Private Military Companies :-
en.wikipedia.org...
SLAYER69
Russia takes Crimea, the rest of the Ukraine goes with the West/Nato?
Asktheanimals
SLAYER69
Russia takes Crimea, the rest of the Ukraine goes with the West/Nato?
I think that's how it will play out. Crimea and the Easter part of Ukraine are ethnic Russians anyway.
For them it will be like going backward 25 years.
I can't see this blowing up in to any kind of land war, US can't do anything there anyway.
Putin owns this situation and frankly I trust the man to not turn this in to a conflagration.
deadcalm
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Academi is not american. They are multi national mercs.
How can you people say things like this with a straight face?
Academi provided diplomatic security services in Iraq to the United States federal government on a contractual basis.[6] The company's headquarters is located in McLean, Virginia.[1]
Source
Seriously....do you think we are all idiots?edit on 7-3-2014 by deadcalm because: (no reason given)
~Lucidity
Wait...aren't these the same uniforms the undercover Russian army dudes were wearing in that interview the other day? Let me see if I can dig it out. I think someone's messing here. Or maybe not.
Is Xe aka Blackwater or whatever the hell they're called these days hiring Russians now?
roadgravel
The US is suppose to cover the Ukraine's back.
Putin would have a fit is US military showed up.
Solution - Send Blackwater.
jaws1975
I guess McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Facebook, General motors, etc etc etc are not American companies as well. Semantics is all it is, Academi is an American company.
Mr. Prince, who resettled here last year after his security business faced mounting legal problems in the United States, was hired by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to put together an 800-member battalion of foreign troops for the U.A.E., according to former employees on the project, American officials and corporate documents obtained by The New York Times.
Its amazing how delusional americans can be in their own importance. There is no way US can take or rule the oil which is in Russian territory, war doesn´t help here as there is a lot military power in Russia as well and if it happens China will give their support to Russia and Putin knows it. Maybe US thinks they can buy russian oil at low price after some pressure but this is also delusional thinking as Russia will not bend easily or not at all. IF US thinks they can do it then they don´t know Russia at all.