RE: [SG] Mercenary Mission Motivation

>laserlight Wrote:
>
>>That's not always the case--there are certainly instances in modern
history
>>of mercenaries who volunteered to serve another country for
ideological
>>reasons.  Lafayette Escadrille and Flying Tigers might be the best
known to
>>an American but there are other examples in Africa, SE Asia and
Central
>>America.
>
>Also the RAF Eagle Squadrons (early in their inception, Americans ran
the
>risk of arrest by the FBI for violating US neutrality.  They had to
travel
>to Halifax, NS to go to Britain), the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish
Civil
>War, plus a multitude of examples from US history, particularly the
>Revolution, in which we were the RECIPIENT of such help.

Not wanting to be too nitpicky, but if they're fighting for ideological
reasons (even for a foreign power) then surely they're not strictly
Mercs?
Mercs generally fight for payment, in money or in kind....

Jon (GZG)
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>2B^2
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