Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
Casualties - especially POWs - might be a problem. The problem also applies to soldiers, but to send unarmed personnel into hot zones is even more difficulty. The political responsibility is the key problem, not the non-political feasibility.
All good points but none of them are unthinkable or not doable. - and they do not have to be un-armed. There are well understood conditions for arming civilians in conflict zones, if done for self-protection. - and they are not really civilians. They are Government contractors. We've been here before many times.

...and If the Political will does not exist, then we shouldn't be there.