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by venomsnake 3714 days ago
Couple of thoughts - I feel that those complicated stings are almost entrapment. And cannot help but feel just sad about some of the guys. The skills that they learn in the military are hardly marketable in the civil society.

And the series fail to deliver - it started promising, but it lacks the big crimes and operations outside of the pill business. It is serialized novel of "Pivoting Bad with Mediocrity."
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throwaway7767 3714 days ago
> Couple of thoughts - I feel that those complicated stings are almost entrapment. And cannot help but feel just sad about some of the guys. The skills that they learn in the military are hardly marketable in the civil society.

They agreed to murder for money, and you feel sorry for them?

I agree that there are structural issues to address here - the conduit from ex-military to mercenary work seems to be quite active, and it's not healthy for society to allow that to continue. But these guys are accountable for their actions just like any adult in a free society - the fact that they were in the military does not absolve them of that responsibility.

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venomsnake 3714 days ago
We trained them to be killers. Two of the guys were there for the money for the bills. Hunter was the psycho. Are they responsible - yes. Did society failed them - absolutely.
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Spooky23 3714 days ago
It's an unfortunate consequence of this never ending war stance. These guys end up getting damaged and discarded, and end up in bad places.

I think the overnight creation of these powerful mercenary orgs will be a long lasting negative force with all sorts of ill effects.

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