Erik Prince can take his ‘have gun will travel’ schtick right back out the door
The co-founder of the notorious ex-private mercenary firm Blackwater has hinted about getting the band back together.
David Isenberg is an independent researcher and writer on U.S. military, foreign policy, and national and international security issues. He a senior analyst with the online geopolitical consultancy Wikistrat and is a U.S. Navy veteran. “He is the author of Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq”. His blog, The PMSC Observer, focuses on private military and security contracting, a subject he has testified on to Congress.
The co-founder of the notorious ex-private mercenary firm Blackwater has hinted about getting the band back together.
Erik Prince is America’s poster child for our current stereotype of a war profiteer, wannabe mercenary, and perhaps the E.F. Hutton of all warmongers.
Russian private security firm Wagner has a significant presence in Libya and Vladimir Putin can keep his hands clean.
War profiteering is one thing. Funding the enemy who kills your own troops is quite another. Such a concept is inherently a Catch 22.