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Erik Prince charging $6500 per person to fly desperate people out of Afghanistan (Original Post) FelineOverlord Aug 2021 OP
Are these people part of allies? . .. Lovie777 Aug 2021 #1
Next question, where is he taking them to. everyonematters Aug 2021 #2
Dump them on the American taxpayers? keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #18
How Republican is that? Champp Aug 2021 #3
Are American taxpayers or are the people trying to get out of Afghanistan paying him? tetedur Aug 2021 #4
How is it that planes are leaving empty? Whose planes are these? Raven123 Aug 2021 #5
Blackwater founder Erik Prince enters video game business Goonch Aug 2021 #6
He is a perfect example... kentuck Aug 2021 #7
Dumb Question ScratchCat Aug 2021 #8
I'd like to know that, too. Haggard Celine Aug 2021 #12
Further ScratchCat Aug 2021 #15
He should be the subject of another congressional investigation. SharonClark Aug 2021 #17
I'm wondering that as well PatSeg Aug 2021 #19
I've been hearing bluedevil4 Aug 2021 #9
Wouldn't be at all surprised. Bribery seems to be Phoenix61 Aug 2021 #10
seems criminal bluedevil4 Aug 2021 #20
Coyote underpants Aug 2021 #11
Exactly. How the fuck is this asshole any better than the guys that charge bullwinkle428 Aug 2021 #14
Who authorized his involvement and why? Firestorm49 Aug 2021 #13
Recommend to the Taliban that they practice some capitalism. Charge Prince a hefty fee for running h keithbvadu2 Aug 2021 #16
Erik Prince is now the #1 trending hashtag on Twitter FelineOverlord Aug 2021 #21

Champp

(2,114 posts)
3. How Republican is that?
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 07:15 AM
Aug 2021

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Totally grifty-ass Republican, all the way.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Goonch

(3,607 posts)
6. Blackwater founder Erik Prince enters video game business
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 07:30 AM
Aug 2021
(CNN) -- More and more, today's video game business is driven by huge military shooters like Activision's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" and Electronic Arts' "Battlefield 3."

Now, Erik Prince, the founder of a controversial, real-world military group, is stepping into the virtual war zone with a new first-person shooter, "Blackwater."

Designed exclusively for Microsoft's Kinect for Xbox 360, "Blackwater" was developed by Zombie Studios and overseen by Prince, a former Navy SEA

Haggard Celine

(16,844 posts)
12. I'd like to know that, too.
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:38 AM
Aug 2021

Also, if the people he's carrying aren't citizens and they don't have passports or visas, where does he take them? And if they're applying for asylum, do they go to the front of the line? Lots of questions need answering if this is true!

ScratchCat

(1,988 posts)
15. Further
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:54 AM
Aug 2021

How is he getting into contact with these people? How is he finding them? How do they know about him?

I don't believe it.

What is the possibility he is trying to extract illegal contractors and merc's and using this story as cover? There is no way he is "rescuing" Afghan nationals or people without US passports, ID's or visas.

 

bluedevil4

(305 posts)
9. I've been hearing
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 07:50 AM
Aug 2021

about private companies and veterans banning together to go around the government to get people out of Afghanistan.

I didn’t believe it

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
14. Exactly. How the fuck is this asshole any better than the guys that charge
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 08:44 AM
Aug 2021

mega-bucks to "escort" poor and desperate Central Americans across the U.S. border?

keithbvadu2

(36,788 posts)
16. Recommend to the Taliban that they practice some capitalism. Charge Prince a hefty fee for running h
Wed Aug 25, 2021, 09:57 AM
Aug 2021

Recommend to the Taliban that they practice some capitalism. Charge Prince a hefty fee for running his business.

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