Blackwater founder Erik Prince to help Chinese firms set up shop in Africa.....

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"Erik Prince, the man behind controversial private security firm Blackwater, wants to "take the drama out of Africa" for Chinese firms eyeing the continent's trove of natural resources.

Prince, who sold Blackwater in 2010, is now chairman of Frontier Services Group (FSG), which provides logistics, aviation and risk management services to firms that want to set up in Africa."

http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1547629/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-help-chinese-firms-set-shop-africa

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1. "Take the drama out of Africa"

I wonder what that really entails.

[blkmusclmachine]

2. Not good.

[glowing]

3. Killing anything that gets in the Chinese way of resources.

[Octafish]

9. No man.

No drama.

[CJCRANE]

11. He's probably still working for the neocons too.

Reminds of the story of the scorpion and the frog.

[gratuitous]

4. Gee, who could have guessed?

A mercenary selling his services to the highest bidder! What's this world coming to? I wonder if in the course of selling his expertise to our good friends the Chinese Mr. Prince will be inclined to share with them some of his knowledge of United States tactics and strategies that we would rather the Chinese didn't know? I sure hope not; he seemed such a nice fellow when we hired him.

Should I hold my breath waiting for Mr. Cheney to volunteer his opinion about what a swell idea it was for the U.S. to hire mercenaries in the first place? He's been quite outspoken as of late.

[kelliekat44]

5. This is not good. But America has opted to only take from Africa instead of develop. Chinese are

long-term thinkers and don't mind investing for the long-term. Our mindset is so rooted in racism that we will not even compromise with ourselves. The Chinese are racist also, but they don't allow it to keep them from actions that help themselves. We do.

[truebrit71]

6. They're "investing" just enough to corner the market.

... in whatever natural resources that specific country is offering up for plunder...

[CJCRANE]

7. The Chinese are building stuff. What are we buidling? What are we offering?

[CJCRANE]

8. I wouldn't trust Erik Prince

if I were them.

[malaise]

10. Ever notice how the Christofascists have no problems

making money with atheists!!!

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12. Stay tuned to this one.