Erik Prince quitting Blackwater to teach high school history and economics.

[cal04]

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/12/02/blackwater-prince-leave/

Xe (formerly Blackwater) founder and CEO Erik Prince is cutting ties with the company. A spokeswoman for the company said today that Prince will relinquish involvement in its day-to-day operations and give up some of his ownership rights. The company has been shelling out $2 million a month in legal fees to cope with a slew of federal investigations and civil lawsuits stemming from, among other incidents, the “unprovoked and unjustified” killing of 17 Iraqi civilians. Prince told Vanity Fair that after years of serving his country, “someone threw me under the bus”:

Prince has become a scapegoat for some of the Bush administration’s misadventures in Iraq. … Congressmen and lawyers, human-rights groups and pundits, have described Prince as a war profiteer, one who has assembled a rogue fighting force capable of toppling governments. … “I put myself and my company at the C.I.A.’s disposal for some very risky missions. … But when it became politically expedient to do so, someone threw me under the bus. … I’m an easy target.”

Prince said he is instead “going to teach high school.” “History and economics,” he said. “I may even coach wrestling. Hey, Indiana Jones taught school, too.”



http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/01/blackwater-201001?currentPage=2

[Raven]

1. God help the children. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Hmmmm.

[tekisui]

3. Here it is kids: There is always profit in war.

Fuck anything else you know about economics and get your war on!

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Sounds like indictments might not be far behind...

Is Erik the Nazi going to teach school in Brazil like his hero Dr Mengele?:eyes:

[elehhhhna]

8. no he will christianly teach his co-felon-prisoner friends.

[Swamp Rat]

5. Didn't he sell women and children for sex? Or was that Halliburton?

Like a rabid dingo, I'm sure he will be great with children.

[corpseratemedia]

6. he could sell them

had lots of practice

[Donnachaidh]

7. my son suffered thru a histiry class taught by a dirtbag just like prince

I wouldn't wish that on my enemies.

Economics? Mercenaries take economics course now? Who knew?

[xiamiam]

9. seems like a logical career move..nt

[DemBones DemBones]

10. Does he know that teachers don't get weapons

to use in the classroom? And that teachers can't touch students so hand to hand combat is out, too?

[Fridays Child]

11. Is he trying to create a persona that will provoke a jury's sympathy?

And does he expect to just walk in and get the teaching job of his choice? Even if he does find a position, this is an obvious attempt at image doctoring.

[InkAddict]

12. Double dips are tasty on top of a pile of other taxpayer loot

SS and PERS, etc., etc., etc.

[Solly Mack]

13. America...where war criminals and war profiteers become teachers

Snicker

[lostnfound]

14. Every parent at that school should need to give a permission slip. nt

[Starry Messenger]

15. He should be thrown in the stocks.

And Indiana Jones is a fictional character. Moron.

[JI7]

16. shouldn't he be in prison ?

[mrbarber]

17. You aren't Indiana Jones, you mercenary asshole.

He's a good guy. You are one of the bad guys.

[cal04]

18. Blackwater’s Erik Prince to step down, reveals CIA role

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/blackwaters-prince-cia-role/

'Power struggle' inside Blackwater over Prince's successor

Blackwater's Erik Prince was recruited as a CIA agent in the years after the 9/11 attacks, says an exclusive report at Vanity Fair that also reveals the billionaire ex-Navy SEAL plans to step down from Blackwater to teach high school.

For the past six years, Prince "appears to have led an astonishing double life," writes Adam Ciralsky. "Publicly, he has served as Blackwater’s CEO and chairman. Privately, and secretly, he has been doing the CIA’s bidding, helping to craft, fund, and execute operations ranging from inserting personnel into 'denied areas'—places US intelligence has trouble penetrating—to assembling hit teams targeting al-Qaeda members and their allies."

Ciralsky reports that Prince became a CIA "asset," or spy, who became a "Mr. Fix-It" in the war on terror.




http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2010/01/blackwater-201001

[seabeyond]

19. seeing how they encouraged prostitution, child prostitution and sex rings, concerned for the girls

in his classes.