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To: LindyBill who wrote (19302)	12/10/2003 5:24:54 AM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793895

As unregulated non-state actors motivated by profits, PMCs can serve to heighten tensions and complicate conflicts in the world's hot spots. I will choose to ignore the adjectives above. If you strip them off, you can see the statement says words to the effect of "outsiders unknowingly have a part in increasing stress than reducing it". In many respects, this is true. As examples : what experience does US Military have with Afghan culture and practices? Same for Iraq. Not to beat on US : What experience does South Africa have with the rest of Africa ? If some outsider was to militarily intervene in the Israel/Palestine conflict, what experience is there ? If some outsider was to intervene in the Kashmir conflict - same question ? IMO, Bottom line - let them resolve it, and offer help only if it asked for.