Is Call of Duty Advanced Warfare on to something? Are PMC's the future?

Call of Duty Advanced Warfare.

If you visit my blog regularly, then you know I went high and to the right by the depiction of a military funeral in the game.

A buddy of mine loves it and told me that I should give it a chance.  I told him nothing doing.  Alright he said, then at least check out the story line via one of at least a dozen cut scene vids that have been put up.

I did.

I was shocked.

For a variety of reasons I can see the US becoming more and more hesitant to put boots on the ground.  Additionally I can see more and more out cry from allied governments for US assistance.

Private Military Contractors can fill the void.

The big kicker is a bit simpler though.  High intensity nation state combat is rare.  Even regional conflicts are fewer.  What is on the rise is bush wars.

The US and its allies are ill equipped to deal with those.  Oh and for the SOCOM fanboys out there that will say that its their specialty I beg to differ.  SOCOM has been bitten by the bureaucracy bug.  The days of SOCOM living in austere conditions, doing missions with minimal foot print is over.  They have become another service with all the bells and whistles that come with it.

The more I think about it the more I think PMC's are the future of warfare.