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Natsec Correspondent @vice hosted Cyberwar on @vicetv and @hulu, and the CYBER pod for @Motherboard + a Juve fan. DM for Wire handle.

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    Ben Makuch‏Verified account @BMakuch 8 May 2020

    Vets are dunking mercilessly on these failed Silvercorp mercenaries who were the masterminds behind that edgelord Bay of Pigs in Venezuela. I talked with a few ex-special forces operators and rounded up the memes roasting this fiasco. Story never ends!https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8g4v/vets-are-roasting-the-loser-mercenaries-currently-imprisoned-in-venezuela …

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      1. Ben Makuch‏Verified account @BMakuch 8 May 2020

        One former special operations soldier told me this and gotta say: Ruthless and accurate.pic.twitter.com/Nrbnk02lYH

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      1. ph055a‏ @ph055a 8 May 2020
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        I have friends that went into the private contractor business after the Army. It really isn't about the money, it's about the adventure. They would be in prison if they didn't find a "legal" outlet. Some people will never work a 9-5 in an office no matter what.

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      2. Ben Makuch‏Verified account @BMakuch 8 May 2020
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        Yeah I have definitely heard people say this before.

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      1. ph055a‏ @ph055a 8 May 2020
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        I have met a lot of these mercenary types and everyone thinks these are ex-special forces but the vast majority are regular army / marines that took additional training to be certified as a PMC. A lot of these dudes are dumb as rocks!

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      1. soundnado‏ @soundnado 8 May 2020
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        'Bay of Orange' CIA discount Mercenaries 'R' Us. 🤭

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      1. eh for now‏ @andybillz 8 May 2020
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        Lol yeah imagine if the competent death squad members had run the job 😅

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      1. Mark Russell‏Verified account @Manruss 8 May 2020
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        How much do you want to bet that in the one-in-a-million chance that this plan actually worked, Donald Trump would totally be taking credit for it, and posting pics of himself with these dudes on Twitter.

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