[quote=Dervish]
It's also not exactly great to think of mercenaries as strictly villains. Just because they are motivated by high pay doesn't mean they necessarily have no morals or do good work. Sure, some get in hot water for doing awful shit, but never forget they're former soldiers for the most part and just because someone waves a shitload of money in their face doesn't mean they are obligated to take the contract. It also doesn't do your company any good if you're known for taking jobs from warlords who kill innocent people. It's why Blackwater making the news for doing awful shit was huge; it would not have become headline news if it was the norm. Yes, a lot of mercenaries do shitty, awful things. So do soldiers. Butwe as a society like to think that all soldiers are doing their jobs based off similar noble principles like we say about WWII vets. We think corporations are evil and amoral, so someone who is at war for a good pay check with no nationalistic loyalty must be a thug, right? Not a good line of thought. Nothing is ever black and white.
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I know that the world is not black and white. Everyone has motivations. Kevin Spacey's character has a monologue in the Advanced Warfare reveal:

[quote=Jonathan Irons]"Democracy? Democracy? Democracy is not what these people need – hell, it’s not even what they want. America has been trying to install democracies in nations for a century, and it hasn’t worked one time. These countries don’t have the most basic building blocks to support a democracy. Little things like we ought to be tolerant of those who disagree with us. We ought to be tolerant of those who worship a different god than us. That a journalist ought to be able to disagree with the President! And you think you could just march into countries based on some fundamentalist religious principles, drop a few bombs, topple a dictator, and start a democracy?! Give me a break. People don’t want freedom. They want boundaries, rules. Protection. From invaders and from themselves. People need a leader who could give them both the support and the constraints to keep chaos at bay. You give them that, and they’ll follow. And that’s where I come in."[/quote]