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24 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Rangers? as in Roger's Rangers? ft.com/content/37611d…
The Rangers fought alongside indigenous troops and attacked the French in the colonial days. Ergo the crossed arrows of today's SF. But American's Rangers leave it to the Green Berets to do rangering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27…
Colonial, local or mercenary officers leading sepoys or local troops was not new but any book on Robert Roger's and his Rangers is worth a read. goodreads.com/book/show/6439…
Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts in 1937 was historical fiction but was a big book and movie in 1940. Rogers was portrayed as a "Soldier of Fortune".
But good luck to the British Rangers in Somalia. They will need it. brookings.edu/research/the-p…

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An optimistic concept that mercenary groups are subject to laws. An idea that has bled into politics. Unless laws are actually enforced, there are no laws. lawfareblog.com/what-laws-cons…
Like America's ultimate mercenary, enforcement of for profit groups might come down to "Hey....did you pay your taxes?" vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/d…
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Don’t forget to stock up on your “Clandestine” Blackwater patches. codyenterprise.com/news/local/art…
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Cyprus-registered #Eitanium brings together some very interesting people. Erik Prince was added January 31, 2021
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Peter Theil's Clearview is back in the news but this is worth rereading. Chuck C. Johnson doesn't get that many media mentions. huffpost.com/entry/clearvie…
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So the takeaway of this article is that if you you watch Heavens Gate on fast forward or in slo mo, the ponderous fictional plot might make sense but it's still a terrible movie made by a terrible person. So it's still a masterpiece because...Hollywood. film.avclub.com/one-of-hollywo…
I never figured out how Hollwyood made two Wyatt Earp movies at the same time. How much myth and mustache can America handle? ew.com/movies/2019/02…
The glorification of violence is a tone deaf Hollywood disease..and racism. D.W. Griffith made The Clansmen" aka "The Birth of a Nation" in 1915. The "film represents how racist a white American could be in 1915 without realizing he was racist at all." rogerebert.com/reviews/great-…
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Fazil is a backwoods butcher who ran the Talib army up north. He murdered Hazara, burning some alive in their locked shops. I remember the feet still in the running shoes and the blackened bones sticking out. I would imagine there is still some bad blood. tolonews.com/afghanistan-17…
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