If this was a game and I were US side, basically managing my empire, when I lose control over a region for whatever reason, plan z is to make sure that nobody else will have control over it, starting with my enemies evidently There sure are traitors in the us side of things, probems within the chain of command basically. However in the end, you still end up having different people with different dogs in different battles Like musical chairs Even if you only have mercenaries all over the place, interests will diverge at some point, because we play there can only be one, in the end Given the above, what is the US MIC position on the matter? Because of course they care, they aren't going to end up in the happy team, at some point, because they are going to get fucked over by competition, ie, russian MIC US MIC, as opposed to stateless actors, while it's also made of stateless actors, can't really afford to lose "US" as in US military, in the "US MIC" They need that host, "US" to prevail ultimately Unless of course a US/RU fusion regarding MICs is underway, but I doubt this is the case or that we are anywhere near it