Path-Finder
ELITE MEMBER
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2013
- Messages
- 24,393
- Reaction score
- 1
- Country
- Location
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
I guess that,s the only way you can conquer that grave yard of empires.nuclear attack on afghanistan ?
American private contractors are privileged, powerful, and experts in the art of combat (and logistics) on average.after the success in Iraq they are now coming to afghanistan, After their success few years passed and isis came about. Lets not forget they were told to leave Iraq or die!!
isis is nested in afghanistan so I guess taliban are in the way!
Sure, you will get the contract.
American private contractors are privileged, powerful, and experts in the art of combat (and logistics) on average.
What matters is not merely the numbers, but the roles that private military contractors play. In addition to war gaming and field training U.S. troops before the invasion, private military personnel handled logistics and support during the war’s buildup. The massive U.S. complex at Camp Doha in Kuwait, which served as the launch pad for the invasion, was not only built by a private military firm but also operated and guarded by one. During the invasion, contractors maintained and loaded many of the most sophisticated U.S. weapons systems, such as B-2 stealth bombers and Apache helicopters. They even helped operate combat systems such as the Army’s Patriot missile batteries and the Navy’s Aegis missile-defense system.
Private military firms — ranging from well-established companies, such as Vinnell and MPRI, to start-ups, such as the British Aegis — have played an even greater role in the post-invasion occupation. Halliburton’s Kellogg, Brown and Root division, recently spun off into its own firm, currently runs the logistics backbone of the force, doing everything from running military mess halls to moving fuel and ammunition. Other firms are helping to train local forces, including the new Iraqi army and national police.
Then there are the firms such as Blackwater that have played armed roles within the battle space. These firms do everything from helping guard facilities and bases to escorting “high-value” individuals and convoys, arguably the most dangerous job in all of Iraq. Such firms are frequently described as “private security” or “bodyguards,” but they are a far cry from rent-a-cops at a local mall, or bodyguards for Hollywood celebrities. They use military training and weaponry to carry out mission-critical functions that would have been done by soldiers in the past, in the midst of a combat zone against fellow combatants. In 2006, the director of the Private Security Company Association of Iraq estimated that just over 48,000 employees from 181 of such “private security companies” were working in Iraq.
As it has been planned and conducted to date, the war in Iraq would not be possible without private military contractors. Contrary to conspiracy theories, the private military industry is not the so-called decider, plotting out wars behind the scenes like Manchurian Global. But it has become the ultimate enabler, allowing operations to happen that might otherwise be politically impossible. The private military industry has given a new option that allows the executive branch to decide, and the legislative branch to authorize and fund, military commitments that bypass the Abrams Doctrine.
Source: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-dark-truth-about-blackwater/
Private contractors have also conducted numerous drones strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan over the course of years. Good luck at scaring these guys by issuing them death threats! LMAO. These guys are mostly veterans, and fighting is their bread and butter.
Pentagon is reluctant to commit Blackwater to Afghanistan due to its penchant for violence, and Afghan Taliban might walk out from ongoing negotiations process in protest. Blackwater does not fit into the planned endgame for Afghanistan thus far (i.e. Afghan Taliban joining the Afghan democratic setup).
---
ISIS movement commenced in 2013, and spread into Iraq (from Syria) after collusion of former Ba'athists in Iraq with former members of AQI in Syria. Ba'athists also paved way for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to sit at the top of ISIS because he was pliant to their agenda. However, US-led forces routed ISIS across Syria and Iraq by 2017 (Operation Inherent Resolve) with support of YPG in Syria and Iraqi Security Forces in Iraq respectively. Minor pockets still remain in Syria but these are being dealt with.
ISIS-K in Afghanistan is different from ISIS of the Middle East. Comprehensive information in this link: https://ctc.usma.edu/red-red-analyzing-afghanistans-intra-insurgency-violence/