In the 21st century, mercenaries are still notorious for their money-orientedness. In this Russia-Ukraine conflict, they were actually involved. In this regard, Putin of Russia was furious, saying that if the mercenaries did not accept the prisoners, they would be directly solved on the ground.
Let's explore the dark side of mercenary practices and why Putin is outraged by their entry into the war. Mercenaries are a group of outlaws who kill for money, they have no moral bottom line, as long as the remuneration is high enough, they will carry out their tasks at all costs, and the law is unbinding to them.
They make a living by killing people, and killing gods and Buddhas is just part of their mission in their eyes.
They don't love their country, and they don't hesitate to do it even if they're hired to do a mission in their country. More precisely, they are a group of killers with no emotion.
So, when did the concept of mercenaries appear? And who was the first to start training mercenaries? The rise of mercenaries was not specifically cultivated by anyone, and the earliest signs date back to the ancient Greek period.
At that time, ancient Greece practiced a city-state system, and the strength of the city-state depended on the number of inhabitants in the city-state and the abundance of agriculture. City-states were constantly at war for population and farming.
Some places are located in remote areas, extremely poor, and the residents have no economy, so the folk customs are relatively tough.
They used force as a means of making a living, helping the city-states fight for pay, and this is the origin of mercenaries. The early mercenaries were not as cruel as they are now, they completed the mission purely for the bounty, whether it was assassinating an important minister of another country or fighting with his ** team, they would accept it, and never questioned the rationality of the mission.
Over time, more and more employers are finding mercenaries to be more efficient than their own trained armies, and mercenaries don't need to spend time and money on training, just pay when needed.
At the same time, the use of mercenaries does not bring worries, and there is no need to worry about the distress caused by their sacrifice to the family. The demand for mercenaries has increased dramatically, and some people are beginning to notice the lucrative nature of training mercenaries.
Mercenaries, as a profession, are specifically trained and utilized. They are becoming more and more cruel by any means in order to achieve their goals. Although they are not openly committing crimes internationally, they are still secretly working for ambitious countries, causing many harms.
Their behavior is unacceptable, they will kill innocent people in the streets without scruples, and without the slightest sense of guilt, even dare to provoke the American military.
Although mercenaries are not doing anything in the open, some Western countries are still secretly cultivating and using them.
Mercenaries are more cruel than we can imagine, they treat life as casually as cutting fruit, and as long as they can achieve their goals, they will do whatever it takes.
Since 2003, the United States has been stationed in Iraq with more than 100,000 regular troops. However, the ambitions of the United States go far beyond that, they have deployed tens of thousands of mercenaries in Iraq to secretly control and threaten Iraq.
These mercenaries are not subject to any legal constraints in Iraq, and they obey the United States, whether it is killing people and setting fires, or picking quarrels and provoking trouble, the United States is their only restraint.
In April 2004, a large number of Iraqis were confronted by mercenaries under a United States office building.
A mercenary on a mission on the streets of Iraq went so far as to launch an attack on innocent Iraqi people. In one incident, he ordered the shooting of Iraqi people armed with rifles, resulting in the deaths of more than a hundred people.
This act has no justification whatsoever and utter disregard for the lives of the Iraqi people. In another incident, the mercenary, enraged by a traffic jam, shot the owner of the car in front of him and ran over it.
This act is not only brutal, but also a total violation of basic humanitarian principles.
These mercenaries have run amok against Iraqi civilians and have even dared to shoot at the army. In May 2005, they were passing by the United States Marine Corps in Iraq when they opened fire on a sentry post for no apparent reason.
This is unacceptable in any country, causing an uproar and condemning by the international community. However, the mercenaries were at large and were repatriated after only three days in captivity.
The audacity and ruthlessness of these mercenaries, in addition to their own character, is also associated with the connivance of certain Western countries.
The West's indulgence of mercenaries has not only exacerbated the mercenary misdeeds, but also caused more disputes. And in the recent Russia-Ukraine conflict, the presence of mercenaries has reappeared, making the situation even more tense.
In this regard, Putin made it clear that for mercenaries encountered on the battlefield, they will not be treated like ordinary prisoners of war, and if they refuse to obey, they will be dealt with directly.
Some may be confused by this, why is Putin so angry at the mercenaries? The reason is that most of these mercenaries are from NATO member states or retired NATO soldiers, and partly because of the Russia-Chechen war.
In 1991, taking advantage of the turmoil in the Soviet Union, Chechnya began to seek independence, and various *** surfaced. In the first Chechen war, because the armed forces of Chechnya were improvised, they did not have much lethality, and their ** and equipment were relatively scarce.
At that time, Russia was still immersed in the shadow of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and its economy had regressed, and its military investment was relatively reduced. In the original comparison of strength, Russia did not have an advantage.
But the appearance of mercenaries has brought greater challenges to Russia. They have been so aggressive with Russian soldiers that they have inflicted huge losses on Russia. However, Russia's title of "fighting nation" is not unfounded, and their well-equipped and unyielding soldiers will give them a certain advantage in this war.
The world is like a big family, every part is closely related, and turmoil in one place will inevitably have an impact on other places. At present, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a certain degree of impact on the whole world.
Therefore, we hope that Russia and Ukraine can resolve this issue at an early date and return peace to the world.