Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Resigns in Latest Attempt to Re-Brand Tarnished Mercenary Firm 3 of 3

Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, has announced his resignation as the companys CEO. The move comes weeks after the company changed its name to Xe in an attempt to rebrand the firm. Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the Worlds Most Powerful Mercenary Army, assesses the latest developments.
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[wojiwodj]

Thank god for american journalist like Jeremy Scahill and Amy Goodman.

[ArkeAngelRevonulet]

The state dept should use secret service as its security. let it be a branch of secret service instead of using contractors/ mercs.

[gabebokmaUSMC]

fuck all Liberal. Blackwater is and always will be THE BEST.

GO BLACKWATER

[IMA60SKID]

@translationwiz There will be no pensions. All the Gov. has to do is take it and say they gave it to the bankers to pay down the debt. They want it all. Total control. Its a New World Order. One World Gov. Its time the bankers took a hit, dont you? We can bring them to their knees. Simply by NOT putting your money in their bank. Get a gun and safe and put it in your own bank. Now they cant fund these assholes like Prince. Did you know that banks fund both sides of any war.They cant loose.

[translationwiz]

the truth is starting to surface........Aint no more nations going to war against one another!! Its corp. that will have to fight off indigenous pop. from attacking their pipelines,trucks,&factories. And they wont trust the local govts. to protect them. And US soldiers arent going to go&kill&risk their lives for Hunt,Exxon,Haliburton,&Chase-B­ank(Daddy of em all) esp. when they're getting screwed at home by the same guys. US Foreign Policy is an extension of the Domestic-Desai PHD. BSC,NY.

[translationwiz]

@IMA60SKID May? Bet your pension on it. WE WILL........I am sure of it.

but youre on the right track friend.

paz/peace/salam/shalom

[IMA60SKID]

@Splintermetalgear Your wrong. Hired guns will kill anyone if paid the right amount.That means North Americans too. We may see the day when private contractors police the streets of the USA. Your a fool! Wake up.

[Splintermetalgear]

FYI dude they killed less than 20 civ's out of 16,000+ operations. I am not saying it's good, but they do a lot and save a lot of lives. Even the guys that killed the civ's plead guilty and were punished, so I think it should keep going and Blackwater be a little more careful

[Splintermetalgear]

Dude they do take oaths... you need to do your research, they oath to only serve the US and protect American soldiers. I think what happened to the Iraq Civ's was a sad thing, but it was mistake... even the guys charged admit the mistake and pleaded guilty. These guys save lives, I just think they need to be more careful about it

[beancube2008]

We don't trust US soldiers when we know they don't have rights to access what we all should know about their missions and duties. History taught us we need a major reform in our service system and chain commands right. We should find what they should know directly and they should find us what we don't know directly. Soldiers and us should not be separated by our administration organizations. Our soldiers don't serve private interests or money.

[JadeDragon007]

US service men and women can be trusted to serve and procetect US interest.

Because they've taken an oath and it's their job. They will fight and die for you.

These fucking Blackwater/ZXH mercs only there to take your tax money and when the going get tough. They shoot everyone and haul ass out of the battle ground.

These bastards takes no oath, have honor, nor do they care about protecting anyone, except their own asses.

[drgoodvibesxxx]

This guy is not erik prince he is the guy that wrote a book exposing blackwater's rise and war crimes in iraq.