Comments on: Patriotism or Profit: Private Military Contractors in Nevada http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/ Your Source of What\'s Happening Now Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: No Name Nothing http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-3190 No Name Nothing Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:19:56 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-3190 For your information the UCMJ memorandum has only been in law since 2007 . . mercenaries or private soldiers fighting in Iraq since the beginning of the war UCMJ aside .. the point of this article is to say that tax payers money is being exploited . . and it is . . no doubt about it God Bless America For your information the UCMJ memorandum has only been in law since 2007 . . mercenaries or private soldiers fighting in Iraq since the beginning of the war

UCMJ aside .. the point of this article is to say that tax payers money is being exploited . . and it is . . no doubt about it

God Bless America

]]> By: Ken http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-1516 Ken Wed, 09 May 2007 17:37:41 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-1516 Jon, are you making this up as you go along? Jon, are you making this up as you go along?

]]> By: Ernie Beckwith http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-1517 Ernie Beckwith Wed, 09 May 2007 07:31:28 +0000 http://blogs.lasvegasnow.com/blog/2007/05/08/patriotism-or-profit-private-military-contractors-in-nevada/#comment-1517 I was disappointed that you chose not to air your story on High Desert Training Group/SOC-SMG. Upon reading the text for the story online I am glad that it did not air. The "mercenary" slant truly displays your ignorance of the actual mission of security contractors. Contractors provide services that allow our nations fighting men to do just that, focus on the war. In regards to your comments about not being held accountable for their actions you need to check your facts. They are in fact held accountable by the UCMJ. The same laws that apply to our soldiers apply to contractors. It is the enforcement of the law by the UCMJ that is lacking. Mr. Humberts narrative is a poorly researched and highly biased attempt to make a story out of perceptions given by "experts" who clearly reveal themselves as knowing very little about the industry they speak of. Portraying such a bias to gain viewers is a weak attempt at investigative journalism. Do something different than your competitors, research your facts and report the truth. I was disappointed that you chose not to air your story on High Desert Training Group/SOC-SMG. Upon reading the text for the story online I am glad that it did not air. The “mercenary” slant truly displays your ignorance of the actual mission of security contractors. Contractors provide services that allow our nations fighting men to do just that, focus on the war. In regards to your comments about not being held accountable for their actions you need to check your facts. They are in fact held accountable by the UCMJ. The same laws that apply to our soldiers apply to contractors. It is the enforcement of the law by the UCMJ that is lacking. Mr. Humberts narrative is a poorly researched and highly biased attempt to make a story out of perceptions given by “experts” who clearly reveal themselves as knowing very little about the industry they speak of. Portraying such a bias to gain viewers is a weak attempt at investigative journalism. Do something different than your competitors, research your facts and report the truth.

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