I suppose your point of view depends upon who is trying to kill you at the time?
If a foreign government decides to take out Rapid Response's proposed training base in N. Carolina what should be the response of the US government?
My response would be "oh too bad, you played with fire."
Other sources said the Emiratis wanted to potentially use the force to quell potential rebellions in the country's massive labor camps that house the Filipinos, Pakistanis and other imported laborers that fuel the country's work force
Yes you cannot allow the slaves to get out of hand, you must oppress them in the name of what is right....and we are going to stand idly by and say this is none of our business?
The US government is aware of the arrangement. “The gulf countries, and the UAE in particular, don’t have a lot of military experience. It would make sense if they looked outside their borders for help,” one Obama administration official "who knew of the operation" told the Times. “They might want to show that they are not to be messed with.”
Seriously? Are you for real when:
"The man who brought us Blackwater, a company whose name has become synonymous with the worst of contractor abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been hired to put together a mercenary army that could be used to suppress a revolt or attack pro-democracy protesters," Schakowsky said
Then again another reason for the move
" The UAE, Horton told me when I first learned Prince was moving to the UAE last summer, is "definitely a jurisdiction where Prince could count on it not being simple for the US to pursue him legally." The UAE is made up of seven states, the most powerful among them being Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Since 9/11, they have emerged as hubs for the US war industry
No taxes, but most of all no prosecution.
Mercenaries cannot be controlled by democratic governments; and one day you might find them fighting for the opposite side.
Personally I'm waiting for the day when one of Price's new bases is obliterated by the US military for terrorist activities.
Those who live by the sword may well find themselves one day on the pointy bit.