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Originally Posted by Ithekro
In looking up something else I came across something about Ron Paul.
Would you like to be a Privateer? Would it be within the Executive Powers to get Congress to start issuing Letters of Marque and Reprisal? Well Ron Paul did want to start using Privateers against Terrorists instead of using the military. As a Privateer can target individual terrorists without forcing a war between nations using military force (at least in theory).
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Privateer has not existed for over a century. Today we have mercenaries like Academi/Blackwater who do part of the work for US military. But in any case subcontracting out the dirty work does not free the government of the responsibilities, in theory or not.