For the mercenary is a simplistic fellow. Not for him the strutting parades of West Point, the medals on the steps of the White House or perhaps a place at Arlington. He simply says: 'Pay me my wage and I'll kill the bastards for you.' And if he dies, they will bury him quickly and quietly in the red soil of Africa and we will never know.
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"Send in the Mercenaries", originally printed in the Wall Street Journal on May 15, 2000. As quoted by Al J. Venter, War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars: The Modern Mercenary in Combat (2008), Philadelphia: Casemate, paperback, p. 25