Eric Prince is on CNN saying mercenaries are not mercenaries

[malaise]

WTFF???
Says they need a Viceroy.

[Brother Buzz]

2. So his letter of marque ain't good enough?

[Justice]

3. Burnett asked him about meeting at Seychelles

Erik Prince first claimed almost completely random meeting with a random Russian. As if they bumped into each other in a bar and had a beer. He claim Russian was a from a fund of some sort and said he was unmasked and his name leaked.

Burnett pressed him and he acknowledged introduction to Russian by United Arab Emirates -- said it was for business. It was not related to a backchannel at all. He called that hogwash.


Meanwhile Washington Post story claims meeting was to set up backchannel - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/blackwater-founder-held-secret-seychelles-meeting-to-establish-trump-putin-back-channel/2017/04/03/95908a08-1648-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.de239ee5d635

[malaise]

4. They should all end up in prison

for treason

[redstateblues]

5. The smug, lying owner of a company that murders innocents

Did not like it all when Burnette pulled out the time line that showed his collusion with the Ruskies

[malaise]

6. He is my definition of a truly despicable human being n/t

[NewJeffCT]

7. I thought the media had been convinced to call them "Contractors"

like they were in Iraq - most people think of the guy that fixes your roof or remodels your bathroom is a contractor. Mercenary has a negative connotation, as does Soldier of Fortune

[samir.g]

8. "Hired Killers" is a good term

[suffragette]

9. Unsurprising that Prince would favor colonialism and Empire.

Scary though, especially with his new *ahem* connections to the White House.

[malaise]

10. Everyone should watch that interview

More than scary

[longship]

11. Betsy Wetsy DeVos's brother.

Two odious families, DeVos and Prince, AmWay and Black Water! Betsy Prince married a DeVos making a perfect Cthulhuian marriage.

And they are all fucking Calvinists, predestinationalists! No number of good deeds during life will save your miserable ass from an eternity of Hellfire. The Heaven-bound are determined at birth. It is an absolutely insidious belief system. These assholes teach this shit to their kiddies. And Betsy Wetsy DeVos is the fucking education secretary!!!!

[malaise]

12. +1,000

They should be treated as outcasts - seriously.

[longship]

15. If they win, I want Cthulhu to eat me first.

Because surely the Old Ones will rise again.





The original, One Nation Under God:

[malaise]

16. Hehehehehe

[furtheradu]

13. Npr prince interview 2-3 wks ago

Can't post links to it, but enCourage all who care, to check it out. It stunned me.
He wants private army (contractors) to replace US Military, in our endless wars, especially Afghanistan. Knowing his history from the *years, I listened, KNOWING he's after the big bucks. Suspicious & cynical as I am about this monster, I was shocked at his reasonable, persuasive argument, from bringing home our poor "kids" (manipulate military families, anti-war advocates, etc) to ALL the money private armies will save taxpayers. He knows VERY WELL how to twist the truth to sell his "product", death & destruction for HIS profit.
If *I* didn't know his background, I would have fallen for his spiel, probably. That's what was most upsetting, how good he is at making his evil sound like the right thing to do, so reasonable. His appeal to the loved ones of deployed Service members was especially offensive. He knows exactly what he is doing, & the ability to sell his plan is chilling.
Please keep Your eyes on this.

[malaise]

14. These goons will privatize anything

for profit

[furtheradu]

17. & they aren't held to military codes

of honor, Justice, can break any/all laws with impunity, incite/escalate tensions,creating more chaos & justification for more personnel, spreading conflicts.
If prince gets his way, it will be easy for him to make "endless wars" forever & ever widening, & further destroying the World's respect for the US.

[malaise]

18. Well military codes don't support

torture, but Bushco already violated that one.

If war is for profit, why not start wars everywhere?