Pentagon to Bannon's Blackwater Buddy Erik Prince: GTFO [View all]
ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
SPENCER ACKERMAN
08.08.17 8:05 PM ET
Erik Prince made a windfall convincing the State Department, military and CIA to hire his mercenary firm, Blackwater. But this time, his plan to win Afghanistan through a new infusion of guns-for-hire has few customers.
At the Pentagon, according to a knowledgeable former senior official, opposition to Prince’s proposal—details of which were first reported by USA Today—for a “viceroy” to run Afghanistan through a paid army runs high.
“The Pentagon is not interested in privatizing the war in Afghanistan,” the former official told The Daily Beast.
Several current and former Trump administration officials said that despite Prince’s recent reemergence on cable news—the venue of choice when attempting to persuade President Donald Trump—Prince has no significant internal support. That is, with one big exception: Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist and an avowed bureaucratic enemy of the national security adviser, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-to-bannons-blackwater-buddy-erik-prince-gtfo
well, a teeny bit of promising news...
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