Papantonio: Erik Prince - Our New Peter Pan

It's easy to read J. M. Barrie's children's story, Peter Pan, and miss the point that it's a tale about more than a man-child's carefree life among pirates and mermaids. Investigative reporter Adam Ciralsky wrote an expose' about a real life Peter Pan by the name of Erik Prince. Ciralsky's expose' appeared in Vanity Fair Magazine this month, and I got a chance to interview Ciralsky about the qualities of Erik Prince, America's most infamous mercenary. When Erik's father died, he left Erik more than a billion dollars to play with. Those were the good ol' days for Erik before his mercenary company called Blackwater became bogged down in grand jury investigations about issues like bribery and manslaughter. With daddy's money, Erik armed himself with man-child toys that were much more deadly than Peter Pan's fairy dust and long knives. He took daddy's money and bought guns, Black Hawk helicopters, and thousands of acres in North Carolina. From there, he launched his Army for hire.

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[Plutonwolf]

And just today, the courts let the killers/soldiers off the hook. Things are sure looking bad for the world and it is America that is doing the harm. I love this country, I am just none too fond of some of the bastards that are manipulating the system and perverting our good nature to amass great fortunes drenched in blood.

[BardCoennius]

HEY AMERICA! Do you GET IT NOW?

KUCINICH in 2012!

[topthickproducer]

Shame on Obama. He's shown he has no guts to lead or else he is only interested in being reelected. Any promise he made; he has failed on leading us to change.

[dmp079]

Blackwater and what they are doing is unconstitutional. Damn shame people an't speaking up about this.

[classc63]

Yeah...watched the movie "State of Play"...talk about scary stuff!

[veiga1000]

@madamezora7 I know, having the owner of a mercenary company claim that he wants to "wipe Islam off the face of the earth" shows how dangerous unstable people with money could be.

[madamezora7]

It's so much worse than that, it's his religious zealotry that has me worried. These morons are planning for Armageddon, and if there's anything I hate more than prophecy, it's self-fulfilling prophecy (to steal a line from Bill Maher).