To who, and for what price my friend? You need my help whether you like it or not. Do you realize that that diamond is his only chance of getting his family out of here.ĭon't tell me you're going to try and sell it yourself. You know Solomon thinks his son will be a doctor someday? Maybe his baby dies in that camp, maybe his daughter gets raped. And if that's not you, and you're not really gonna help me, and we're not really gonna screw, then why don't you get the *fuck* out of my face, and let me do my work? Which is to say that I need someone to go *on* record. But it's not going to be enough to make it stop! I'm sick of writing about victims but it's all I can fucking do! Because I need names, I need dates, I need pictures, I need bank accounts. Sure, it might make some people cry if they read it, maybe even write a check. See here I've got dead mothers, I've got severed limbs, but it's *nothing* new. It's like one of those infomercials with African kids with swollen bellies and flies in their eyes. "In the ninety degree heat, Solomon Vandy drops to his knees, rattling the wire with his powerful hands." ![]() We go back to Free Town, and ask Colonel Coetzee how he wishes to thank his business associates. Now, you know who I am, all right? You don't wanna make trouble for me or my friends right? Now look, why don't I just look the other way, all right, you take one or two of those stones, you get something lekker for the wife, or maybe the mistress all right? We solve the problem right here? I'm good friends with Colonel Coetzee, Colonel Coetzee would not be pleased that you've interfered with his business. No, no, listen here my friend, listen here all right. , who as you know, are allowed to cross the border in order to get into the grazing grounds. Uh-I've got a letter from the Minister of Interior, and a Liberian visa as well. Hey, Archer, next time, you bring satellite TV, eh? I wanna see Baywatch. So many I not know what do with them all. So I think I go to them government then, huh? Them government, at least them go pay me, huh? Then you get one more dead body instead of aeroplane way full with grenade launchers. Maybe I could just kill you and take away what you bring back! Then your boys then can use one ol' rotten AK them against them government troops and their new weapons them, huh? God left this place a long time ago.Īre you craze? You get to pay me first for them. Sometimes I wonder, will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize. Dad was decapitated and hung from a hook in the barn. That's a - That's a polite way of putting it, ja. You Americans - you Americans love to talk about your feelings, huh? So, what does that mean? What? You've got a thing for messed up vets now? ![]() WEB DESIGN.My dad came home from the war in '69. This page contains information about MERCENARIES ![]() In this book Venter, who was actively involved in the direction and production of segments of the TV series Mercenaries, provides both background to this unique class of warriors, and a fascinating look at their methods and actions. In Afghanistan the renowned helicopter gunship pilot ‘Nellis’ has recently lent his skills after almost singlehandedly defeating gruesome insurgencies in Africa. In the US, the publisher of Soldier of Fortune magazine organized repeated expeditions, from Laos to Peru. Like an ad hoc Foreign Legion, fighters came from around the globe to participate in combat. South Africa’s Executive Outcomes became a legend in its own time like a quasi military itself, as it dispatched fighters throughout the continent. Many mercenaries freelanced, but under talented freebooting leaders some groups became crack outfits. Whether facing fanatics in Somalia or revolutionaries in Rhodesia, staving off cannibals in Sierra Leone or assisting a civil war in Angola the mercs put their lives on the line for a cause. From brushfire wars in the Congo to outright genocides in Biafra, highly skilled mercenaries were called upon to fight for order, and also for a living. Venter provides a fascinating look at modern merc actions in the Middle East and Africa. In this book noted author and foreign correspondent Al J. In today’s world these ‘soldiers for hire’ are an attractive alternative when Western governments are reluctant to put their militaries at risk for obscure causes that would otherwise be difficult to explain to their electorates. Mercenaries have been a part warfare for centuries, and though the names have changed, continue to play a part in global military conflicts. Putting the World to Rights with Hired Guns
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