Discussion for article #228006
This is so typical of conservative “plans”. Something that sounds super easy in theory, yet completely ignores all reality and inconvenient facts. And of course it is presented with the requisite chest thumping and a self congratulatory pat on the back.
But back in reality, the idea is completely insane, idiotic, or both.
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I guess as you were wearing the uniform of your branch of service,
you probably gave some serious thought to war and war planning.
My bad you never wore a uniform of service to our country.
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The Faux Foreign Legion!! So droll, it’s almost French.
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I say we bring the Vikings back to life and sic them on Terrorists. Because they’re badasses and they had cool helmets.
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Sounds like BillO saw The Expendables 3 last weekend.
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ummm… wasn’t reliance on a mercenary army what did the Roman Empire in at the end?
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Where is Delta Force led by Chuck Norris when you need them?
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And don’t forget a big dash of “Markets Fix Everything!”
Mercenaries? Oh yeah, that’ll work great. Nothing like turning a bunch of psychotics, fugitives and adrenaline junkies with no accountability to a sovereign who can enforce the laws of war loose in a lawless land with a lot of military hardware to fix a problem. That And clearly what’s really needed are people who can pull off the gloves and get on with the business of raping and torturing these people into submission without fear of being court martialed.
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Give them all iPhones and iPads and suddenly they’ll all be walking into one another and not watching where they’re marching…BAM…easy pickins.
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Install 1,000,000 or so high-powered Sonos speakers throughout the region and use them to play hipster music non-stop? Shit from bands with angsty or pseudo-meaningful names like “Danny’s Yellow Crayon” or “Kindergarten Tumor” or “My Last Supper” with lyrics that sound like someone ate a thesaurus and is regurgitating it while crying.
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what complete moron
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Give Bill a wooden rifle,and a plastic helmet,and send him out to play with the other kids
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Wolverines!!!
What an idiot. Now I am going to have to spend the weekend listening to my father repeat this brilliant idea to me over dinner.
Can’t wait.
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All paid for out of the budgets from the Departments of Commerce, Education, and the… what’s the third one there? Let’s see.
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What he’s talking about here isn’t even a new idea; it’s basically the French Foreign Legion, a formation made up of soldiers from around the world who are trained to a very high level and deployed to the far corners of the world, places where the regular French military cannot or will not go. And like the Legion, the masters of this hypothetical mercenary army (us) would have to spend all of their time worrying about its loyalty. O’Reilly is jackass, but then we already knew that.
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This plan is crazy enough that it might just work! Here’s the cool thing, there is already an irregular army straddling the Syria-Iraq border that has proven to be an effective fighting force. I vote we hire them as mercenaries, sic them on themselves and bask in the glow of easy victory.
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The Romans tried it. Not a good, long-term strategy.
LOL. All deliberately vague and broad enough that he can claim it happened just like he said it would since, well, you know, it’s basically already the plan. Garbage goes in, garbage comes out…
It’s passive aggressive control freak stuff…like the dad who sees you are washing your dishes so he tells you to wash your dishes or to make sure you wash them correctly, all in order to feel like you’re obeying. They so desperately want to feel like they’ve gotten it over on Obama and re-established their (certain kind of) supremacy such that HE’S doing what THEY say, not vice versa.
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h/t JCBlues. Didn’t see your post before mine