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Down with Pan Slavism and Russian imperialism!

Thirtyseven years ago today I was a 22 year old Marine draftee newly arrived in Vietnam. While I believe now that that war was not in our best interests, at the time I believed I was doing a great service for my country and for the ‘free world’. I was, after all, a cold war baby. My father, a draftee, fought in the Second World War, and his father, a draftee, fought in WWI. Today, I tell my four sons, we face the gravest threat ever, not only to our nation, but to Christianity and the West— and we do so without a draft.

To play the devil’s advocate, I’m not sure I see any significant difference between government-paid civilians, such as Blackwater, and government-paid volunteers who happen to wear federal uniforms. ( As I understand it, and I may be wrong, many of the Blackwater personnel are ex special forces, meaning their level of training and experience is far beyond that of the average federal trooper. But regardless of the truth of that contention, I find it difficult to believe the State Department would hire incompetent ‘cowboys’ to protect their personnel— personnel who are at the highest risk of any American in Iraq of being assassinated or kidnapped. )

American men today can send their mothers, daughters, sisters and wifes off to fight for them. Why? In part because too many of them are obtuse, or effete, or narcissistic. But part of it also, I believe, is because we as a nation view ’soldiering’ as just another job. And so, unless we can revive the deep-seated individual conviction that armed service is an occassional, but necessary, burden that must be borne by each male citizen, I see no compelling reason why our goverment would stop using mercenaries of both varieties.

I specifically remember discussion on this website regarding the use of mercenary units as a recommendation to supplement US military presence. Did I get this wrong, and how is this different from MPRI?

“NEW The report of a rescue helicopter crash on 03-28-99 have been indirectly confirmed by a Greek newspaper Athinaiki, which in its 04-03-99 issue reported that 12 bodies of American servicemen were delivered from Macedonia to Saloniki (Greece) military hospital #424 on 03-31-99 and later shipped to the US. Seven more bodies of American soldiers were delivered also from Macedonia to Greece on 04-01-99. The newspaper reports that the bodies of the dead American servicemen were delivered by American special troops, which were joined by Greek police on the state border. The fact of delivery of 19 bodies of American servicemen to Greece was independently confirmed by Macedonian customs officials. They said that the coffins were delivered in two batches – 12 and later 7 – escorted by American military officers. The bodies are believed to be those of American pilots and members of rescue teams.
NEW According to the latest report by Greek Athinaiki newspaper, NATO lost a total of 88 servicemen in Yugoslavia, of which 44 are Americans, 11 are Germans, 7 are British and 19 are of other nationalities. Athinaiki also believes that NATO lost 32 planes and helicopters in the conflict. NATO casualties reportedly are being transported back to home countries via Greece. It is certainly noteworthy that this independent look on NATO’s actual losses in Yugoslavia comes from a country-member of the Alliance. Yugoslav media recently released images of coffins with American servicemen being carried through a border checkpoint in Macedonia.
CH-53/53G heavylift troop transport/assault helicopter
First flight: 1974 (53E)
Crew: 3 pilots, 55 troops
Possibly operated over Yugoslavia by the US combat rescue units (US Navy and USMC). Max speed 315km/h, max vertical rate of climb 2500ft/min, service ceiling 18,500ft. Combat radius 925km. Can carry armed troops, light artillery and vehicles. The CH-53E theoretically can also carry AIM-9 AAMs for self-defense. NEW According to Russian Radio and RosBusinessConsulting news agency report on 04-02-99 Yugoslav air defenses shot down one NATO combat jet and two helicopters carrying 58 troops of NATO’s special rescue units. The incident occurred 200km to the south-west of Belgrade in the same area where another NATO aircraft was shot down earlier. According to the Russian Radio report all NATO pilots and troops involved in this incident are believed to be dead. There is no information about the types of aircraft shot down. The number of the troops reported to have been on board of the two helicopters (58) suggests a possibility that CH-53/53E heavylift transport/assault helicopters were shot down.

http://ban.junis.ni.ac.yu/avijacija/natodown.htm

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