This Story Of A CIA-Backed Somalia Anti-Piracy Squad Is Almost Unbelievable en-us Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 03:39:11 -0400 Michael B Kelley Erasmo Cepeda Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:16:43 -0400 Do you think they don't know that? Jus7tme Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:26:28 -0400 You do not turn enemies into friends by "training them" to be soldiers. You do not turn criminals into law-abiding citizens by "training them" to become police. You do not turn feudal warlords into democratic leaders by "training" their vasalls. When is the US Army ever going to learn that "training" people in warfare and "security" never CHANGES the basic identity of the people you are training? Nobody in their right mind would advocate "training" inner-city gang members to become police officers. Why do they expect a similar scheme to work on international thugs, pirates, terrorists and warlords? The US army is managed and run by complete morons. kristinitis Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:38:36 -0400 Oh.. ok Erik- you can sit down now Bride of Frankenberry Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:01:53 -0400 The country would have been better off if he HAD become a Hollywood playboy. The nation's best interests are not being served by having a private mercinary force. It disengages the public from our foreign policies, because when we need manpower for our little foreign military adventures, we don't have to go draft a bunch of sons and daughters from the voting public, so nobody cares any more. Being a former Navy Seal doesn't earn anybody a free pass to undermine democracy, and training the next generation of terrorists does NOT make us safer; it ENDANGERS us all. Same old story Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:37:33 -0400 Its not really a catch 22 situation, its much worse than that. Aaron Russo: Rockefeller <a href="" target="_blank"></a> Aero-Steve Sat, 06 Oct 2012 07:28:53 -0400 If the world would get ride of all the "bad" guys then who would be left to defend against. One has to invest into the next generation of "freedom" fighters so that we can invest into the very best military force (US Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines). Its a catch 22. Don Harder Sat, 06 Oct 2012 02:51:14 -0400 Awesome, training and arming the next generation of terrorists. It's what America is exceptional at it seems. same old story Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:49:26 -0400 Who do you think trained and funded Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda? Bride of Frankenberry Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:29:58 -0400 Is my tax money being used for this? We're training a fighting force that essentially isn't accountable to anybody, so Eric Prince can get rich. These soliders will go off and do who-knows-what to who-knows-who, and if it turns out badly, everybody in the region will say "Oh, the Americans did this." Why do we insist on getting involved in these nefarious shenanagans over and over and over again? What is our prevailing interest, that we need to be involved with anything over there? RP Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:05:17 -0400 wow