The Dogs of Peace:
More on Mercenaries and Humanitarian Military Intervention
Turns out that the idea of using mercenaries to conduct humanitarian interventions is not new with me--not by a long shot. A colleague of mine in Anthropology told me about the now-defunct South African mercenary outfit (or "private military company" as they prefer to be known) Executive Outcomes and their involvement in stopping the RUF in Sierra Leone in 1995; according to this Newsweek article, The Dogs of Peace, the EO mercenaries are considered heroes there. They also offered to stop the genocide in Rwanda for $150 million. A very, very small price to pay, if you ask me.
More on Mercenaries and Humanitarian Military Intervention
Turns out that the idea of using mercenaries to conduct humanitarian interventions is not new with me--not by a long shot. A colleague of mine in Anthropology told me about the now-defunct South African mercenary outfit (or "private military company" as they prefer to be known) Executive Outcomes and their involvement in stopping the RUF in Sierra Leone in 1995; according to this Newsweek article, The Dogs of Peace, the EO mercenaries are considered heroes there. They also offered to stop the genocide in Rwanda for $150 million. A very, very small price to pay, if you ask me.
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