Mattis is out, and Blackwater is back: 'We are coming'

[orangecrush]

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is out.

Mattis' resignation comes amid news that President Donald Trump has directed the drawdown of 2,000 U.S. forces in Syria, and 7,000 U.S. forces from Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed to Military Times, a story first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

This month, in the January/February print issue of the gun and hunting magazine “Recoil," the former contractor security firm Blackwater USA published a full-page ad, in all black with a simple message: “We are coming.”

Is the war in Afghanistan — and possibly elsewhere ― about to be privatized?

If Blackwater returns, it would be the return of a private security contractor that was banned from Iraq, but re-branded and never really went away. By 2016 Blackwater had been re-branded several times and was known at the time as Constellis Group, when it was purchased by the Apollo Holdings Group. Reuters reported earlier this year that Apollo had put Constellis up for sale, but in June the sale was put on hold.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/12/21/mattis-is-out-and-blackwater-is-back-we-are-coming/

[volstork]

1. Blackwater is run by Eric Prince,

who is Betsy DeVos' brother. I'm SURE this is just a crazy coincidence...

[orangecrush]

2. Not at all.

[VOX]

3. A private army, taking only orders from 45: Amerikan SS.

Despots love having “THEIR” personal soldiers.

Prince has been pitching this to 45 for awhile now. He was convinced to drop it by Mattis, McMaster and Tillerson. All three are history now.

Trump is free to act.