Private military contractors, this is the legal term for mercenaries, and it is also a word that gives heads of state both headaches and cannot let go.

They will do whatever it takes to treat war as a business. For the sake of the mission, they can not care about international law, civilian casualties, or all moral issues, and use the least costly means to accomplish the most difficult tasks. They have a bad reputation, but their employers don't have to bother with their bad reputation. It has to be said that they are much better than the regular army.

Speaking of mercenaries, the United States cannot but be mentioned here. There is probably no country in this world that understands the meaning of mercenaries better than them, just as only hooligans can understand villains.

From the Persian Gulf to Afghanistan, half of the credit for the black blood flowing in the steel machinery from the Third World to the First World goes to these outlaws.

Not only on frontal battlefields, but also in some politically turbulent areas, the voices and shadows of American mercenaries can be seen. As long as the need arises, private military companies can appear in places where the Pentagon is unwilling and inconvenient to appear, and take their place in the task of exporting American military and diplomatic influence to the world, even if they fail. This is undoubtedly much better than the Marine Corps. Because sending ground troops to land in other countries is an act of war, while sending mercenaries is not.

However, the social problems brought about by this kind of military privatization are also enormous. It is undoubtedly an unrealistic luxury to expect private mercenaries to observe moral discipline in other countries.

In 2006, the shooting of civilians by the US military in Iraq caused a big wave on the Internet. It was later confirmed that the perpetrators were contractors of two Shamrock Jungles. As for the reason for the crime, it is even more absurd to the point of shocking. A colleague of one of the perpetrators confirmed that he had said that he had said that he would kill someone that day, because he had never beaten anyone in Iraq.

But in any case, the U.S. military has thus avoided a human rights group lawsuit. Because the killer is not a registered soldier.

Although for the discredited US military, the absence of this infamy is only better than nothing.

And now, the international problems faced by Singapore and the Philippines are the same.

Putting aside the sinking of the Philippine fishing boat that intruded into the restricted military zone, and whether Ivan's "one-minute warning" meets the criteria of "effective warning," whether the military action of the mercenaries alone can be regarded as an act of war is a matter that has not yet been determined in the international community.

Then the problem arises, the new country hires private mercenaries to take on the border protection. And the private mercenaries actually sank the Filipino fishermen who did not heed the warnings in accordance with the law in law enforcement, is the new country at fault in this matter?

Intruders on military bases have the right to kill intruders in any country, but few countries enforce this right, and instead expel the intruders for humanitarian reasons, or detain and drive them away, in order to avoid causing international problems.

Is there any country that actually enforces this right? Yes, of course. For example, on July 11, 08, a South Korean female tourist who traveled to Mount Kumgang strayed into the North Korean military restricted area and was shot dead by North Korean soldiers. Although the DPRK is not wrong, it is "regrettable". The South Korean government announced on the 11th that it will temporarily ban nationals from traveling to North Korea from the 12th.

But now the problem facing the new country is much lighter, because it was a private military contractor who sank the fishing boat. And not the regular army of the new country.

Speaking of which, I have to praise the new cabinet formed by President Zhang Yaping, and they have handled the crisis public relations really well.

Jiang Chen gave only one order, that is, "never compromise on the territorial issue, never make concessions on the sovereignty issue, and never apologize for any mistakes." However, it is those politicians who are busy talking about it.

Although the Minister of Defense of the new country is a bare-bones commander, he still made a very constructive statement. For example, by kicking the ball to perfunctory the Philippines. It was Transwarp Trading that insisted on sinking the fishing boat. It was not at the behest of the Ministry of Defense.

Transwarp, on the other hand, insisted that it was only on a mission. We strictly fulfill the obligation to defend the national border in strict accordance with the contract, and blame the contract and the law if we want to blame, and we just take money to do things.

As a result, Philippine diplomats kicked the ball back and forth.

After grinding for more than half a month, under Jiang Chen's instructions, the salvage of the wreck finally began.

Although the Philippine ship was not allowed to enter the country to assist in the salvage. However, the New Zealand side still invited some representatives of international media to participate in the salvage process to ensure the "fairness" of the salvage results.

However, to everyone's surprise, assault rifles and other light weapons and equipment were actually found on the Philippine fishing boat.

Why light weapons were found on fishing boats, and whether they were framed or there was another hidden motive? For a time, the major media also had different opinions. There is no conclusion about the events themselves.

At the same time, the intrusion of Philippine fishermen in the waters near Crescent Island for decades on the Panu Islands, as well as the bad deeds of maliciously ramming and sinking fishing boats in Xinguo several times, have been sorted out. Including the oral account of the son of the fisherman who died, including relevant documentary records, a 50-minute documentary was made and published on a social platform. Immediately afterward, the Future Man 1.0 news feed panel reprinted the video with an eye-catching headline to promote it to the world.

"Pirates or Fishermen: A Detailed Count of the Bad Deeds of Philippine Fishermen with the Government's Connivance"

This video has only been online for one day, and the number of views has exceeded 10 million. Other online media have also followed suit and reprinted it, setting off a blatant wave in international public opinion. Almost all public opinion sympathizing with the Philippines has turned to attacking the Philippine side's crimes.

The Philippine government jumped out and accused Future People International of making false reports on this matter, exaggerating elements, and losing the news media's neutral stance and not favoring the new country because of the existence of engineering cooperation with the new country.

At the same time, the Philippine spokesperson also demanded that Futureren International immediately delete the relevant remarks and apologize to the Filipinos.

Will Jiang Chen apologize to a group of monkeys? Obviously not.

Futureren International issued a statement that the video does not represent the position of the company, and Futureren 1.0 is only a reprint of the video, not the publisher of the video, and does not assume all responsibilities. At the same time, in the name of freedom of speech, Future People International refused to delete the video and refused to apologize.

Although this move aroused strong dissatisfaction in the Philippines, it won the collective applause of the outsiders, the Chinese people.

It is precisely because of this that Futureman Technology has not suffered losses, but has benefited a lot

"You pigs, are they all eating shi!" Aquino pointed at the Philippine foreign minister and scolded, "How many times have I said it, be tough! We have 120,000 troops, 11 times more than their total population!"

"But Mr. President, we have been tough enough in our diplomatic rhetoric that some of the words could even be seen as a threat of war, but they don't seem to be afraid of us. The Minister of Foreign Affairs smiled wryly.

Aquino froze.

"It seems necessary to knock them down, these monkeys in the Pacific Ocean are simply unbelievable. The Minister of Defense suggested viciously.

"However, the U.S. side has asked us to exercise restraint on this issue, and excessive pressure may cause neutral countries to fall into the camp of China. The Minister of Foreign Affairs objected.

"But if we do nothing, our population will not be satisfied. "The Minister of Defense argued.

Listening to the quarrel of the cabinet members, Aquino fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, a fierce flash flashed in his eyes.

"Mercenary mercenary, right, good. ”

He already had an idea in his mind. (To be continued.) )

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