Scuba (27,471 posts)
Armed mercenaries guarding proposed mine site in Wisconsin
http://idlenomorewisconsin.tumblr.com/post/54852931135/us-soldiers-deployed-in-penokee-hills-of-wisconsin 
US Soldiers Deployed In Penokee Hills Of Wisconsin To Guard Future World’s Largest Taconite Mine?? — BUT, these are NOT U.S. Soldiers, or just they are hired guns from GTac’s Bill Williams. Governor Walker, and fellow Tea Party Senate, and Speakers of the Assembly should be proud? I bet they are.
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WovenGems (389 posts)
1. Pointless
We don't have working foundries so why do we need to mine iron ore? If this ore is to leave the U.S. then that company is an enemy of the people.
O-o-o-o-kay then.
Berlum (4,152 posts)
20. Pointed
Despite prettified propaganda pooh pooh-ing this pernicious program of corporate fascism in armed action against America, it is baldly, maliciously wrong on every level.
Alliteration fail
think (3,038 posts)
2. Nothing says USA like mercs in the hood....
If you're looking for people who take payment to prop-up the political order you're looking for the Democratic voter.
enough (7,010 posts)
3. Who/what are they guarding it against? (nt)
Scuba (27,471 posts)
4. Protesters have been trying to disrupt the exploratory drilling.
Thank you protesters!!!
hack89 (21,887 posts)
6. They are private security - not US military. nt
atreides1 (10,319 posts)
8. But some have probably served in the military.
Which makes them nothing more then mercenaries...
hack89 (21,887 posts)
9. The term mercenary has a specific meaning under international law
I know private security sounds morally neutral and has less emotional impact but it is the legal and proper term.
Scuba (27,471 posts)
10. What's the point of your parsing of words?
hack89 (21,887 posts)
12. I don't like to be emotionally manipulated
which is what this OP is trying to do. What we have is a company that hired private security guards - not "soldiers" not "mercenaries". Private security guards.
That's all.
dembotoz (4,730 posts)
14. i am sorry i live in wisconsin and the thought of masked gaurds up north makes me very ill
combat dressed thugs in masks????
yes that is a mercenary
Again, you people are referring to Democratic voters:
Remember: they love America's military more than you...
Ikonoklast (21,744 posts)
17. Corpoarte interests in this country have always used deadly force for hire against both civilians
and workers.
Hired guns, then, not mercenaries.
But I bet military experience certainly helps in the hiring process of being a hired gun.
Divernan (9,955 posts)
22. US military provides free training program for private security corporations/businesses.
Duckwraps (118 posts)
27. INMO our own military
may be a mercenary force if you were to consider volunteers mercenary.
Dash87 (1,852 posts)
16. They all look like a bunch of hicks.
I would ask for my money back.
JayhawkSD (431 posts)
21. This post is wierd.
The first paragraph contanis such poor grammar that it's hard to deciphere what he's saying, but he seems to be saying that what is posing as US Army is actually private guards. He is either posing this as a question or asserting it as a statement, but I'm not sure which. If they are private guards, then the governor and Tea Party should be proud of them, but the reason for that pride is left to our imagination.
The article he quotes thinks that 21,000 acres is a "vast area," which it is not, it's the size of a very small city. It also says that it would become the "world's largest taconite mine," which is laughable. Minnesota has taconite mines that cover hundreds of square miles.
Taconite is, as pointed out, low grade iron ore as is literally as common as dirt so nobody is going to be stealing it. If they did steal it they would not be able to do anything with it, because it's only worth about $30 per ton. It has to be extracted in the thousands of tons to be worth any significant amount of money.
Finally, the writer needs to look up the definition of Fascism, because this ain't it.
Enjoy your stay.
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