Army exodus: SAS troops quit - Democratic Underground

NNN0LHI

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Sun May-02-04 11:18 AM
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Army exodus: SAS troops quit

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/01/1083224649510.html

Up to 40 members of the elite SAS force have quit the army since the regiment fought in Iraq, with some going back there as highly paid private security guards.

Australia's highly regarded SAS troopers can triple their pay overnight to $1500 a day by switching to the swelling private security forces in Iraq, and recruiters are hovering to snap them up.

The exit has left the Defence Force scrambling to cover the gaps left by the troops, who gained valuable experience in Iraq, Afghanistan and East Timor.

With one SAS soldier costing about $2 million in training and irreplaceable experience, the loss to Australia's defence capability is enormous.

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saigon68

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Sun May-02-04 11:23 AM
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1. These guys will get no quarter if captured

Edited on Sun May-02-04 11:35 AM by saigon68

PAID FOR BY YOUR TAX DOLLARS

"Sorry old people you don't get your medicine to stay alive

Sorry kids no school lunch for you",

said the evil CHIMPANZEE

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mobuto

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Sun May-02-04 12:10 PM
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5. ???

This is a vicious, guerrilla war. You think Australian soldiers would otherwise get quarter?

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saigon68

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Sun May-02-04 01:05 PM
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6. ???

Edited on Sun May-02-04 01:07 PM by saigon68

I don't think they would drag their bodies thru the streets or invite them to be the main course at the BARBECUE ???

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Nlighten1

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Sun May-02-04 11:32 AM
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2. Isn't the same thing happening to our special forces?

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SoCalDem

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Sun May-02-04 11:33 AM
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3. The way to stop this is to make the "Rent-a-Soldier" companies

reimburse whichever military group that trained their new recruit, the $2M per recruit.. That would put a stop to it PRONTO..

It makes little sense to have tax dollars pay to train individulas, only to have private companies snatch them up as fast as they can.. Airlines have done this for years with pilots, but it's usually AFTER the person has at least served many years in the military..

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JohnOneillsMemory

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Sun May-02-04 11:35 AM
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4. Even mercenaries are dis-investing their asses from the chaos....n/t

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TacticalPeek

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Sun May-02-04 03:09 PM
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7. Privatize the profit, socialize the cost.

Taxpayer = sucker.

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