Viceroy Erik Prince will return to the news, but will he really want this notoriety considering there’s other #TrumpRussia attention in the wings.
POTUS* needs more distractions now that #TrumpRussia continues with tampering and obstruction, even though trying to bring back the idea of privatizing the war in Afghanistan may give a unique opportunity for Russian and US mercenaries to fight each other.
The Russians will probably fare better against US mercenaries than they did in Syria against US forces in the Battle of Khasham. and in POTUS*’s mind, what autocrat doesn’t want a private army reporting directly to him, because there’s his ongoing attempt to screw with NATO.
And there’s yet another opportunity to have another tragic, Benghazi distraction, made worse because the base might eat up its media representations, recalling that even POTUS* used the death of military contractors as an issue in the Iowa primaries.
The problem is that #TrumpRussia will still be present as Erik Prince and the Seychelles meeting seems part of the evidence looking into the crowd auctioning the Trump Presidency to the highest bidders.
As usually happens when Prince makes his periodic appearances on corporate news shows to tout his opportunistic, for-profit war plan, critics were quick to highlight his horrendous track-record and argue that his plan to privatize the war in Afghanistan would lead to even less oversight and more bloodshed.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is increasingly venting frustration to his national security team about the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the war, current and former senior administration officials said.
Prince's idea, which first surfaced last year during the president's Afghanistan strategy review, envisions replacing troops with private military contractors who would work for a special U.S. envoy for the war who would report directly to the president.
It has raised ethical and security concerns among senior military officials, key lawmakers and members of Trump's national security team. A year after Trump's strategy announcement, his advisers are worried his impatience with the Afghanistan conflict will cause him to seriously consider proposals like Prince's or abruptly order a complete U.S. withdrawal, officials said.