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POLITICS AUGUST 25, 2021
The Blackwater founder is back to privatizing every inch of the forever wars.
INAE OH
News and Engagement Editor
As scenes of chaos and desperation mount ahead of the fastly approaching August 31 deadline to evacuate US troops from Afghanistan, Erik Prince, the notorious Blackwater founder, has identified a golden opportunity to make some cash on the final way out.
Prince, the Wall Street Journal reports, is currently charging $6,500 per person for a spot aboard chartered planes out of Kabul, a hefty rate that gets even more expensive if one should need assistance leaving their trapped homes. From the WSJ:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/erik-prince-afghanistan-chartered-flights/
I want to know if this POS is charging the government...
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Needs to shuffle off his mortal coil..and soon. He is a monster.
jls4561
(1,260 posts)Special blood sucking creep surcharge.
Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)someone else's misery.
It's the republican dream.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)bdamomma
(63,919 posts)freaking Grifter.
blueseas
(11,575 posts)Here :
https://www.mic.com/p/erik-prince-one-of-the-worst-men-alive-is-trying-to-make-a-fortune-off-the-afghanistan-chaos-84147876
Erik Prince one of the worst men alive.
Betsy De Vos