Blackwater is not a mercenary company, if you dont believe me look @ the Geneva Convention definition of what a mercenary is and you will see that they do not qualify as mercenaries.
because have a strategic presence in the US is important (yeah i know that didn't answer your question.... now your going to ask me why is it important)
i never said the defense scheme was the objective (but that the certain formation was the principal of your total defensive scheme , the defense is the means to acheiving the...
guarenteeing us a long time strategic presence in the middle east? no.. they could have slipped me a couple mil and i would have put it to good use, but that presence in the middle east is priceless