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Well, when your enemies don't wear uniforms and primarily focus on civilian targets. Nobody seriously involved cares. Not saying it's moral.....but has war ever been?
Then Without the Geneva Convention, what then, you call it toilet paper. But never stop to think what would happen without it. Yes it's lacking but calling in toilet paper, is plain stupid .
The dude looks like a stereotypical Israeli special forces badass. The French foreign legion guy. You should do a video on the Chinese " mercenaries" " fighting on the side of Russia!
The problem is that if one discards the rule of law then what is the difference between the 'good guys' and the 'bad guys'. Where does the world go when the rule of law is so flagrantly discarded because some people think the rule of law is an unnecessary encumbrance in the situation at hand?
@@angelolee9044 I do agree, many things that are immoral are not illegal, and sometimes visa versa. The problem is that different people will inevitably have differing moral codes, and the intention of the rule of law is to some extent codify a common minimum standard (however imperfect) code of conduct. Failure to even abide by this has serious consequences that leads to a state of both lawlessness but also a breakdown even in any sense of shared morality.
Title had me thinking the video was going to be about Blackwater and the other PMCs we used all over the middle east in the last 2 decades. I think I prefer this version.
When I retired from the Army I got a job offer from a PMC the next day to be a security guard in Afghanistan. I wasn’t even combat arms and one of the most comfortable MOS.
US Navy. March 1964 to February 1968. 25 total months in Vietnam. PMC from 1968 to 1980. I used my winnings to go to college and then law school. Once I graduated from law school in 1980 I never did PMC work again.
Unlike what the major powers do?!? How many innocents are killed in a single day in Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Iran? Rhetorical question since I have no idea, but it's disgusting. I'm from the US, where we have SO much innocent blood on our hands. At least this way the operators have a chance for due diligence and can turn down a job if it smells.
The few PM people I've met I'd say they're arrogant fuck wits who only care about getting paid but that might be a jaded opinion on my part still don't like PMCs getting involved with assasinations that the likes of the UAE organise and pay them to do, its a shitty way to fight someone and the arrogant attitude of "I'm right" says it all.
First i thought that was a stock photo film. Like generic military-ish guys slow-mo walking with airsoft guns (hence the joke), but then i looked further and first their gear looks much to realistic (vests, holsters, pistols) and then the other guys have AK-12's. This might be legit police, maby Russian or Belarusian. I have no idea why they would have a .22 rifle with them. Maby due to over penetration from the AKs in certain areas or something. But it has that stock photo feel to it tho.
If you only have one tool at your disposal, you have none. Diplomacy, political influence, economic influence, military intimidation, spy operations, are all valid tools... also included, PMC/mercenaries. Gotta use the right tool for the job.
@@mogrowneyiv7306 Governments. And their agencies. Any government that says otherwise is either lying or is an insignificant player on the world's geopolitical stage.
Seen one of them talking about that on a YT Channel “Team house” or another similar YT channel….but they found out, that some of them were rather political civilians, that were not exactly on the UAE line.
I am not trying to come off as an ass and thank you for your videos and the effort you put into them but, Mercs (based from any country) have been doing this. They have to have employment of some sort even when not in active warzones. Employer preference changes drastically during times of "peace". Cartels, syndicates, dictators or national bad actors are all employers when the big boys aren't currently involved in a war.
I mean you can go back to the mercenary companies operating in Italy and through europe in the middle ages, or all the way back to aincent times, literal armies hired as mercs, Xenophons Anabasis is a good story of such a thing
Private mercs are some of the best warriors on our planet. From the very first dogfight over mexico between two american hired mercs shooting revolvers out of bi planes. Two separate states in mexico had a small war and hired two separate American mercs in the esely 1900s. To Max. In the congo in the 60s. To blackwater. To spears. Mercenaries are fucking badass.
I used to work with a guy that claimed he used to go out on these mercenary missions to other countries and get paid 100s of thousands of dollars for a week long trip . I never believed him til he accidentally wore his combat boots to work instead of his regular work boots . Those boots stank and had pretty substantial stains on them . From then on I believed everything he said .
Hmmm the problem I see with these grey morality ops is who's to say the target was actually a terrorist or a threat and not someone who is legitimately criticizing an opposing government without violence. I guess if they do their extensive homework and hit guys that are known to fund terrorism or are active terrorists then I guess I don't really object, but I still feel sad because all these terrorists have largely been created by US middle east intervention in the first place, so these mercs are kind of cleaning up the region that was messed up by the US in the first place. Also it's how the US should have tried countering terrorists in the first place instead of fruitless invasions
I know the high-speed low-drag lifestyle has been getting more and more attention going back decades now. Just don't go into anything blind. It's not gonna feel very good if you find out you've been protecting crimes that can't be said on RUclips. "Expensive tastes" means high security.
The idea that any of this shit would be considered even remotely legal in the civilized world is ridiculous. Even serving in another country's military is a crime in most countries. And murder is one in all of them.
Because the US shoulders a huge burden by being the world's police! Look at it this way - we pay the cost to own the arena & field the team. If you all make it too annoying, we will take the ball & go home .... & you'll be asst out
I think the employees go to work for other PMCs when that happens. I would also expect there are those who will work for the Cartels and other crime organizations.
A necessary evil, but just because they are necessary and fill a lot of holes that other organizations can't doesn't make them good or wanted or even desirable, just a necessity of our flawed and terrible world.
For decades, if not centuries we have tried to restrict the worse darker tendencies of human nature. As evidenced by the International Convention against Mercenaries. But it appears that we have been losing that battle for the last decade or so.
Little on-off topic about the North Korean mercenaries in Russia. It's been bothering me in terms of Kim Jong Un and basically the thought processes and nature of communist dictatorships (when I was in college I spent a good amount of time wandering West and East Berlin, and I was also in Moscow during Perestroika. That means I'm an old woman, and I'm proud to say it. I also still look good in a bikini. Kick ass at the gym. Anyway). The US would never invade Russia to "take its resources" because we would think to ourselves, sh*t, we would have to actually govern somehow after invading and, honestly, we don't want to. We've got enough happening governing ourselves. Whenever we try nation building it doesn't work out the way we thought it would. However, North Korea would obtain all of its strategic goals - acquisition of nuclear weapons, access to substantially more natural resources, you know, all those things - if *it* invaded Moscow. They could try cutting a deal with the Chinese for disputed territory in Russia's east which would probably mollify them after going there. There are now *trained and allegedly loyal North Korean mercenaries right there inside Russia's army.* Your thoughts? Thanks.
The idea that these former special forces guys can go into a place and out terrorist the terrorists is both epic and scary at the same time. "Heres some oil money and a list of names - go off"
Even assuming the UAE's objectives are not at cross purposes with our (USA) objectives in the region, had this gone sideways we'd have a situation with dead or captured Americans (reservists, even!) in Yemen . . . at a bare minimum it would be a huge embarrassment to the United States. That the Jameson Raid of 1895 was led by three British half-pay army officers was a real diplomatic black eye to the UK,if the Kaiser hadn't botched things with the Krueger telegram, a domestic political crisis for the British. (Source: Robert K Massie, "Dreadnought", Random House, 1991)
From a Geo-political point of view I see why the UAE would do this. They needed to control Aden for their allies and interests and what better then a PMC. ...and it worked I'm grateful for it. The Muslim brotherhood and associates and allies are not innocent. Not like anyones innocent but I prefer our pro-western allies in the Gulf.
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Why do you complain about Wagner and then make a vid about Americans mercenaries and apparently there good?
@@SpinoDude88what part of the video made you think he was portraying them in a good light?
Spino dude. The correct word is They’re not There.
You are evil
Wussup, baby boomer
"Imagine a quiet night shattered by gunfire as unmarked cars"
Detroit? Must be Detroit.
10/10 can confirm. 4th of July in detroit just hits different.
sorry, your in Toronto, Canada
@tomrock6431 didn't know Toronto had alot of gunfire
Or Saint Louis
😂😂
that Golan guy is straight up a video game character. Very cool if a little concerning.
"Wake up. We got a job to do." - Adler
Ha, you think the video game character came before the real man....
He sounds like an arsehole who only cares about money not how he gets it
Origins of Big Boss
well said...a caricature of a role lacking organic identity. walking talking main player character syndrome.
"We're a rescue team, not assassins."
"We're here to save you from yourself"
Son of a b----'s dug in like an Alabama tick.
“What’s the matter the CIA got You pushing too many pencils “
"Combat actions conducted by the PMC are not considered acts of war."
"They are matters of foreign internal defense."
BPRE MENTIONED! WHAT THE FUCK IS A MORAL MERCENARY?!
@@sugandesenuds6663Such a silly question. OBVIOUSLY the ones that only take contracts from the salvation army.
Ah, Geneva Convention. *THE* wars and conflicts equivalent of toilet paper around the world.
Well, when your enemies don't wear uniforms and primarily focus on civilian targets. Nobody seriously involved cares. Not saying it's moral.....but has war ever been?
Toilet paper at least serves a purpose, I don't know that the Geneva Convention does.
@@McDago100 keeps a bunch of cowards happy who can pretend that they're doing anything meaningful
@@McDago100Gives "democracy" countries an excuse to waste your tax money to "stop" those who break the UN rules
Then Without the Geneva Convention, what then, you call it toilet paper. But never stop to think what would happen without it.
Yes it's lacking but calling in toilet paper, is plain stupid .
The dude looks like a stereotypical Israeli special forces badass. The French foreign legion guy.
You should do a video on the Chinese " mercenaries" " fighting on the side of Russia!
"I was running it. We did it."
The man does not mince words.
The world is starting to sound like a Tom Clancy novel.
always have been
If someone else would do something similar they would be called terrorists.
Exactly. But here in the west we legislate it and think its cool
World is fed up with this bs now.
Now west is clearly exposed in front of world
Yeah but have you considered we're American so we can do no wrong?
🤦♂️ Maybe because most other factions actually are? Get your fucking priorities straight.
Exactly they're basically hired thugs with military training
Chris always keeping us updated what a legend
BBC article is 9 months old and that story is from 2015
Blackwater be robbing the space wolfs symbols...
The problem is that if one discards the rule of law then what is the difference between the 'good guys' and the 'bad guys'. Where does the world go when the rule of law is so flagrantly discarded because some people think the rule of law is an unnecessary encumbrance in the situation at hand?
Morality and the law are not the same thing
@@angelolee9044 I do agree, many things that are immoral are not illegal, and sometimes visa versa. The problem is that different people will inevitably have differing moral codes, and the intention of the rule of law is to some extent codify a common minimum standard (however imperfect) code of conduct. Failure to even abide by this has serious consequences that leads to a state of both lawlessness but also a breakdown even in any sense of shared morality.
Title had me thinking the video was going to be about Blackwater and the other PMCs we used all over the middle east in the last 2 decades.
I think I prefer this version.
Blackwater? I told you, we ain’t going back to Blackwater!
This needs to be a call of duty campaign
Think it was. Black ops 2 lol
It's basically all the black OPs
Cool show, thanks again. PMC's were once called pirates. Yar!
When I retired from the Army I got a job offer from a PMC the next day to be a security guard in Afghanistan. I wasn’t even combat arms and one of the most comfortable MOS.
I like how there acronym is SOG
This is a great topic for a video. Thanks.
US Navy. March 1964 to February 1968. 25 total months in Vietnam. PMC from 1968 to 1980. I used my winnings to go to college and then law school. Once I graduated from law school in 1980 I never did PMC work again.
They could unknowingly be tasked with taking the lives of innocents. Pretty darn shady if you ask me.
Unlike what the major powers do?!?
How many innocents are killed in a single day in Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Palestine/Lebanon/Iran?
Rhetorical question since I have no idea, but it's disgusting.
I'm from the US, where we have SO much innocent blood on our hands.
At least this way the operators have a chance for due diligence and can turn down a job if it smells.
The only rule is...There are no rules.
@15:00 the dude in the stack with a 10/22 🥸
This sounds straight out of the game Jagged Alliance.
The few PM people I've met I'd say they're arrogant fuck wits who only care about getting paid but that might be a jaded opinion on my part still don't like PMCs getting involved with assasinations that the likes of the UAE organise and pay them to do, its a shitty way to fight someone and the arrogant attitude of "I'm right" says it all.
"Freedom Hiters" I just about spit my coffee all over my ,well coffee table when you said that! 😂
I CURL 280 BRO. YOU NEED TO LIFT. CLESRLY.
YOU DONT LIKE FREEDOM BECAUSE YOU DONT LIFT BRO
@@frankdrebinn that's what you got out of my comment? Really! OK....bro.
ARE YOU LIFTING?
@frankdrebinn at the moment, no ,the only thing I'm lifting is a sandwich, it's lunch time! Lol
Task and Purpose is GOATED, everything about him even his head. He makes me feel like a US marine :)))
Lol. Black water is what they call sewage in the RV and marine industry😂
14:57 three man in the stack has a Remington 22lr?😂😂
Well, it was either that or grandpa's webly revolver. They ran out of cool airsoft rifles for the shoot.
First i thought that was a stock photo film. Like generic military-ish guys slow-mo walking with airsoft guns (hence the joke), but then i looked further and first their gear looks much to realistic (vests, holsters, pistols) and then the other guys have AK-12's. This might be legit police, maby Russian or Belarusian. I have no idea why they would have a .22 rifle with them. Maby due to over penetration from the AKs in certain areas or something. But it has that stock photo feel to it tho.
@@AndreasSweden idk could be airsoft or could be some under funded police unit all I know is he needs a bigger gun that banana mag cracks me up
@@wespatterson2830 Lmao, they spent all their money on the other guys gear and guns that they forgot to fund the last guy
If you only have one tool at your disposal, you have none. Diplomacy, political influence, economic influence, military intimidation, spy operations, are all valid tools... also included, PMC/mercenaries. Gotta use the right tool for the job.
Who is using the tools though?
@@mogrowneyiv7306
Governments. And their agencies. Any government that says otherwise is either lying or is an insignificant player on the world's geopolitical stage.
Thanks for serving cap. Can you have that cute little dog co-host 😊an episode?
Seen one of them talking about that on a YT Channel “Team house” or another similar YT channel….but they found out, that some of them were rather political civilians, that were not exactly on the UAE line.
Should have called The A team! 😅
1:13 pretty sure the big dude on the left is Dale Comstock. He's another interesting character.
12:11 was the backflip really necessary
0:59 wow that’s a gorgeous city
That’s Sana’a. Aden is not so pretty
Good report
I am not trying to come off as an ass and thank you for your videos and the effort you put into them but, Mercs (based from any country) have been doing this. They have to have employment of some sort even when not in active warzones. Employer preference changes drastically during times of "peace". Cartels, syndicates, dictators or national bad actors are all employers when the big boys aren't currently involved in a war.
"This is a world with walls son. These walls need to be guarded by armed men. You want me on that wall. You need me on that wall !"
That's some Call of Duty shit right there
Interesting as fuck
You may be held liable for coffee stain damages with respect to the Leagle Eagle quip; whether atty or 12b.
I get it: PMC's can be used as a tool. A blunt tool. Like a rusty pipe.
Mercenaries have always been used throughout history. A good example is German soldiers working for the British in the Revolutionary war.
They were Auxiliaries not mercenaries.
Or ex Spartans fighting for countless factions after the fall of Sparta?
I mean you can go back to the mercenary companies operating in Italy and through europe in the middle ages, or all the way back to aincent times, literal armies hired as mercs, Xenophons Anabasis is a good story of such a thing
Everyday; we get closer to Shadow Company from MW.
Dude!!!
where did you live the past 60 years? That sh.. has been going down since south east asia in the 50s.
You do know shadow company was inspired by blackwater?😂
ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO DONT LIFT GIVING OPINIONS
@@lilnohomo5833 Yes, and (possibly) Blackwood.
Private mercs are some of the best warriors on our planet. From the very first dogfight over mexico between two american hired mercs shooting revolvers out of bi planes. Two separate states in mexico had a small war and hired two separate American mercs in the esely 1900s. To Max. In the congo in the 60s. To blackwater. To spears. Mercenaries are fucking badass.
I used to work with a guy that claimed he used to go out on these mercenary missions to other countries and get paid 100s of thousands of dollars for a week long trip . I never believed him til he accidentally wore his combat boots to work instead of his regular work boots . Those boots stank and had pretty substantial stains on them . From then on I believed everything he said .
Chris owning a PMC in the future isn't a bad idea.😂😂😂😂
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@@ajax1475 You're in
See what you did now I want the Legal Eagle take.
Sounds like good movie material.
I have that exact woobie hoodie and it's everything you could ever want it to be
Abraham Golan was my neighbor in Rehovot in the 1980s...
Freakin' early gang reporting for duty! 🫡
Hmmm the problem I see with these grey morality ops is who's to say the target was actually a terrorist or a threat and not someone who is legitimately criticizing an opposing government without violence. I guess if they do their extensive homework and hit guys that are known to fund terrorism or are active terrorists then I guess I don't really object, but I still feel sad because all these terrorists have largely been created by US middle east intervention in the first place, so these mercs are kind of cleaning up the region that was messed up by the US in the first place. Also it's how the US should have tried countering terrorists in the first place instead of fruitless invasions
I think I understood the navy seal in the national guard reference 😂😅😂😂
the opening opp took place on my birthday lol
Good summary and commentary
Like in the Extraction movie but it's about killing terrorists
But half the targets are journalists, human rights activists and family members not involved.
@@ComHopnothing like some Terrorist propaganda 🤡
I know the high-speed low-drag lifestyle has been getting more and more attention going back decades now. Just don't go into anything blind. It's not gonna feel very good if you find out you've been protecting crimes that can't be said on RUclips.
"Expensive tastes" means high security.
🎖️🏆⭐🙏❤️🩹🛐
Thank you for sharing this
The idea that any of this shit would be considered even remotely legal in the civilized world is ridiculous. Even serving in another country's military is a crime in most countries. And murder is one in all of them.
It s all about the Benjamin's. Nice segue to life insurance for the spouses 😉
Yet if another country tries to do that in your country you started screaming whyy
Happens in your country, they call it terrorism. Cappy dipping into a bit of propaganda conditioning here...
Yeah, of course. That's why you have to be the best at it.
Because the US shoulders a huge burden by being the world's police! Look at it this way - we pay the cost to own the arena & field the team. If you all make it too annoying, we will take the ball & go home .... & you'll be asst out
Because it us OUR country, pretty obvious!
So if you're the best at assaulting children than it's okay, solid morals buddy@@mfallen2023
Another one of those security Contracting companies that only exist for so long and disappear and never exist again
I think the employees go to work for other PMCs when that happens. I would also expect there are those who will work for the Cartels and other crime organizations.
@@McDago100 all depends
Although this is cool as heck,
This will only further destroy any sense of security we have at home.
I could see the company I work for using PMCs to minimize retirement payouts.
FINALLY. A new upload. !!!!! 😊
So interesting, assassins get called cool heroes here and when the people do similar missions but are not on our side, they are evil terrorists😂
Spies vs Patriots
Terrorists vs Freedom Fighters
Perspective, context and propaganda.
Unfortunately, we're all just tools in other people's games.
Those on the other side, say the things about us. You saw in the video when Dahlan met Gholan. It all of a sudden is business.
Classic double standards of the US of A
It has always been like that. Look at "election interference". We are involved with that with EVERY country. Even allies and especially enemies.
A profession as old as prostitution. Full filling a service. The good or evil of it depends on the side you choose to be on.
Have we really reached that level of delusion where people believe some us mercs "made sure the target was a bad guy" lol.
Fuck the double standards of the WEST...
For every Abraham Golan there is an Eben Barlow who arguably did more positive work than the UN in Africa during the operation of Executive Outcomes.
God bless America.
MGS outer heaven would have been a famous PMC in the world
Jason Bourne is real.
If you told me all this happened in a movie I would call it unrealistic
Sounds they they need to call… the A-Team!
A necessary evil, but just because they are necessary and fill a lot of holes that other organizations can't doesn't make them good or wanted or even desirable, just a necessity of our flawed and terrible world.
Cant imagine anything more american than this
Get a hair cut, Nappy.
Another interesting vid. 👍
10:43 i think it's more ScowlOwl's expertise.
For decades, if not centuries we have tried to restrict the worse darker tendencies of human nature. As evidenced by the International Convention against Mercenaries. But it appears that we have been losing that battle for the last decade or so.
Insane??? No... Controlable psychopaths or minimum sociopaths... Yes.
Come on. We all know they're just NATO soldiers without uniforms.
The demons always find a way to play.
Little on-off topic about the North Korean mercenaries in Russia. It's been bothering me in terms of Kim Jong Un and basically the thought processes and nature of communist dictatorships (when I was in college I spent a good amount of time wandering West and East Berlin, and I was also in Moscow during Perestroika. That means I'm an old woman, and I'm proud to say it. I also still look good in a bikini. Kick ass at the gym. Anyway). The US would never invade Russia to "take its resources" because we would think to ourselves, sh*t, we would have to actually govern somehow after invading and, honestly, we don't want to. We've got enough happening governing ourselves. Whenever we try nation building it doesn't work out the way we thought it would. However, North Korea would obtain all of its strategic goals - acquisition of nuclear weapons, access to substantially more natural resources, you know, all those things - if *it* invaded Moscow. They could try cutting a deal with the Chinese for disputed territory in Russia's east which would probably mollify them after going there. There are now *trained and allegedly loyal North Korean mercenaries right there inside Russia's army.*
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Im not sure who is scarier, McFee or Comstock. If you have reason to be on either of these heroes shit list, your final hours are here.
All of us soldiers are Mercenaries seeking money
Even Elliot the cook?
What if you’re ideologically motivated?
The idea that these former special forces guys can go into a place and out terrorist the terrorists is both epic and scary at the same time. "Heres some oil money and a list of names - go off"
Even assuming the UAE's objectives are not at cross purposes with our (USA) objectives in the region, had this gone sideways we'd have a situation with dead or captured Americans (reservists, even!) in Yemen . . . at a bare minimum it would be a huge embarrassment to the United States. That the Jameson Raid of 1895 was led by three British half-pay army officers was a real diplomatic black eye to the UK,if the Kaiser hadn't botched things with the Krueger telegram, a domestic political crisis for the British. (Source: Robert K Massie, "Dreadnought", Random House, 1991)
The city shown at the beginning of the footage is Sana’a.
Guess all these special force guys aren’t ethical warriors and all that
Hell, if am offered 1.5 mil a month, i would go even if it meant i may die
Why does that guy have a Ruger 10/22 at 14:53?
I’d be a mercenary if I could. Should have joined the military damn it.
The Man Who Sold the World
Nice beard 👍
are the guys with unblurred pictures dead?
one of them is behind you right now!
@@newwonderer he is, isn't he
Those are the members of the Spear operations group that have come forward about the operation
Kinda like China's "volunteer mercenaries" fighting for the Russians. PMC's aea all about deniability...plausible or not. ✌
From a Geo-political point of view I see why the UAE would do this. They needed to control Aden for their allies and interests and what better then a PMC. ...and it worked I'm grateful for it. The Muslim brotherhood and associates and allies are not innocent. Not like anyones innocent but I prefer our pro-western allies in the Gulf.
Black powder red earth becoming more real
Or already has?
No red shades and Tshirts though