Mercenaries for Humanity

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Originally Posted by Dragonsbane

The kind of people you are trying to bring in are kids who watch too much Rambo, people who aren't tapped by humanitarian organizations because those organizations know better.

Uhh... no...

Originally Posted by Tydeus

I think primarily the FPA would try to draw recruits from vets. Especially Special Ops types, who generally tend to be (a) very well trained (b) motivated to advance certain moral causes, even at high costs (c) willing to forgo normal life, and (d) very much willing to kill. Generally, it's these same kind of guys who end up doing merc work, but I think this would appeal to their moral sensibilities, and their military sensibilities in a way that basically no other organization does.

Originally Posted by Dragonsbane

High tech gear, AGAIN without adressing the cost.

I think most of the cost he is adressing is the high tech. There arent many people to equip, small wages, etc.

Originally Posted by Dragonsbane

The Red Cross gets support because it is a massive, almost universally recognized organization of healing, whereas your FPA is a tiny mercenary unit. The kinds of organizations that get funding generally are NOT those who carry guns instead of providing education of medical care.

I dont know, making this a charity organization could revolutionize charity giving. Personally, I'd definitly donate to an organization like this, providing it could be shown as an honest organization. I'd rather donate money to an organization that could seriously stop the problem, not just clean up the results, and I'm sure many people like me would be willing to donate.

One of the problems would be how much of the organization would be related to the United States. You seem to be planning on drawing your soldiers, beaurocrats, donations, etc. from the United States. I don't know if this would work, because countries under attack could be able to focus pressure on the United States, making it easier to shut you down. It would be much more resilient if it were based in several countries, not just the western world, but other places as well. Your actions could also foster anti-american hate by people in those countries, and we definitly don't need more of that.