(06-24-2023, 02:39 PM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: If he is pissed because Russia did not give him ammo and shells, where are the ammo and shells he is going to need to go fight Russia?
Generally, you capture THEIR supplies and work with that. You find their supply lines, cut them, and then take what you've cut off from them.
Quote:If you are being paid to fight for someone, then that someone is in control. You think they broke the contract, then go home. I know it is not they simple, but there is nothing good, fair, or glorious in war.
That's kinda what they did - hefted their balls and bats, and headed for home. Armed. That's what the ruckus was all about. In the mercenary world, however, a "broken contract" often means someone is gonna pay for breaking it. They seem to be a bit less forgiving of breaches than corporate types.
Quote:I just don't think I would trust anyone that is we willing to fight and kill people that did nothing to them, for money. I just don't think they have any moral character to stand on.
Just my personal opinion.
I'm one of those amoral bastards, as are a couple of others here. We fought and took out "bad guys" just because they WERE bad guys - and in hopes that if we did it, our kids wouldn't have to deal with it later down the road. Those folks had "done nothing" to us personally, but they did plenty to other folks along their way, and that was enough for us. And we got paid to do it.
Quote:Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries
By a. e. housman
These, in the days when heaven was falling,
The hour when earth's foundations fled,
Followed their mercenary calling
And took their wages and are dead.
Their shoulders held the sky suspended;
They stood, and the earth's foundations stay;
What God abandoned, these defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay.
Not our fault that our kids are gonna have to deal with it anyhow. It wasn't for lack of effort.
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