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Originally Posted by Adam
While I don't like the idea that we spend taxpayer money and deploy the military to protect the interests of private companies any more than I usually do, I'm not sure that I'm any more comfortable with it being a mercenary operation, to be honest. Maybe there should be some sort of toll for private companies who wish to use the shipping lanes, to cover the cost of deployment.
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
Private corps have private security all over the world at all kinds of facilities, don't see why this should be any different.
Although I understand what you are saying, I don't see any reason this will end anytime soon, and we are stretched thin enough economically. If it was a multi-national effort, maybe, but I am pretty sure it will be mostly US forces out there.
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There already is a multi-national force out there AFAIK. At least until recently I kept reading about ships from this or that navy chasing off hijackers, including Dutch, Italian, Danish, Japanese and Indian.