"No international laws exist to regulate the mercenary industry. What we’re left with: If anyone with enough money can wage war for any reason they want to, then new superpowers will emerge: the ultra-rich and multinational corporations. Oil companies and oligarchs should not have armies."
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Sean McFate, "America's Addiction to Mercenaries" The Atlantic, (12 August 2016)
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