Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh
Blackwater is an impressive firm.

Many of their personnel are ex-military, including a high proportion of Navy SEALs. They are, indeed, security for hire, but they are also highly trained, often very experienced, and possessed of a level of discipline not likely to be found outside of the military.

They are not a batch of Tony Soprano's wise guys, nor are they a collection of bar-brawlers given big guns and live ammo like the mercs who took on the Simba rebellion in the 1960's. They are, for the most part, highly professional.

Seamus
Highly trained mercenaries are still mercenaries and more dangerous because of it. This isn't a development that I would find very comforting if it happened in Canada. The federal government shouldn't have troops available to it that will act on their behalf as long as they get paid. That is very creepy development if you ask me.