Tensions between Russia and Poland have clicked up in the past few days with the two states eying nervously the military announcements of the other. Warsaw has decided where it will place U.S. Patriot missiles, that just happens to be close to Russia's enclave of Kaliningrad. Moscow has fired back, announcing plans to beef up its Baltic fleet, but denied it had anything to do with Warsaw's announcement, then denied the whole thing!
Ever wonder where old soldiers go after they've peeled off their military stripes , barked their last order and fired their last bullet? Why to the ever expanding world of private 'security' with firms like Blackwater, (which is no longer Blackwater, but Xe, more on that later) and MPRI. We're not only talking about your grunt on the firing line. Top brass have put themselves at the service of the hired guns. John Craddock is about as high on the U.S. military ladder as you can reach and he is now the 'president' of MPRI.
