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394549 | 7 years ago

Mercenaries may always exist, but American ones don't have to. Participation in them should be made illegal, and all these private military companies should forbidden to operate until they find another line of business or liquidate themselves. If some former soldier or former general wants to become a mercenary, let him renounce his citizenship and go find a new home.

The only military forces in the US should be explicit parts of official US military.

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JoeAltmaier|7 years ago

Its a curious job - murder for hire? I don't think it actually is legal in the US.

dragonwriter|7 years ago

Given that the US is not, in fact, at war with Yemen, it doesn't seem to be legal outside the US for US citizens or people within US jurisdiction when doing any planning, etc., related to it; see, U.S. Code tit. 18, ch. 45, particularly §§ 956, 958, and 960.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/part-I/chapter-45