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Is a Kickstarter Against ISIS Possible? Hire Private Army

6 pointsby brianmacover 10 years ago
So I don&#x27;t follow the news regularly, it just so happens a lot of the brutal, animalistic actions of ISIS have made it&#x27;s way into my Facebook. What spurred this post was I saw an article on ISIS to target the assassination of Jack Dorsey (Twitter) for suspending their accounts.<p>A maxim came across is stop complaining and solve it, so I am curious with the technology and crowd funding we have, would it be possible 1) To raise funds on a platform like kickstarter, 2) How much? &#x2F; If a Private Military contracting company would take to send strike forces in. 3) Legal ramifications &#x2F; barriers.<p>Curious what people think.

3 comments

drivingmenutsover 10 years ago
I&#x27;d guess that no mainstream crowdfunding site would touch this one under any circumstances. The liability issues alone would be staggering.<p>And ultimately, who&#x27;s going to indemnify you, as the employer of the PMC, against war crimes?
maxharrisover 10 years ago
I agree that the Islamic State should be smashed to smithereens, but this won&#x27;t be enough.
Backlash85over 10 years ago
I would back it ;)