Notorious Mercenary Erik Prince Is Advising Trump From the Shadows

[dixiegrrrrl]

This is Jeremy Scahill's article from Jan.
The bit about Prince and Bannon is disconcerting.

In July, Prince told Trump’s senior adviser and white supremacist Steve Bannon, at the time head of Breitbart News, that the Trump administration should recreate a version of the Phoenix Program, the CIA assassination ring that operated during the Vietnam War, to fight ISIS. Such a program, Prince said, could kill or capture “the funders of Islamic terror and that would even be the wealthy radical Islamist billionaires funding it from the Middle East, and any of the other illicit activities they’re in.”

Prince also said that Trump would be the best force to confront “Islamic fascism.” “As for the world looking to the United States for leadership, unfortunately, I think they’re going to have to wait till January and hope Mr. Trump is elected because, clearly, our generals don’t have a stomach for a fight,” Prince said. “Our president doesn’t have a stomach for a fight and the terrorists, the fascists, are winning.”

Snip:

Ultimately, Prince sold Blackwater and now heads up a Hong Kong-based company known as Frontier Services Group. The Intercept has previously reported on Prince’s efforts to build a private air force for hire and his close ties to Chinese intelligence. One of his latest schemes is a proposal to deploy private contractors to work with Libyan security forces to stop the flow of refugees to Europe.

Prince has long fantasized that he is the rightful heir to the legacy of “Wild Bill” Donovan and his Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA. After 9/11, Prince worked with the CIA on a secret assassination program, in addition to offering former SEALs and other retired special operators to the State Department and other agencies for personal security.

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/17/notorious-mercenary-erik-prince-is-advising-trump-from-the-shadows/

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Treasonous bastards.

We don't want to fight your religious wars, Erikkk!

[DK504]

2. Russia and China

Will he be twitting Kim Jung Crazy soon?

Sister is dept of Ed., he is chummy with the Nazi Bannon. Exactly how far do the tentacles go in this "administration"?

[Initech]

3. *Bane voice* Time to come out of the shadows, Erik!

You can't hide in the dark all the time. I only saw the light when I was a man, and to me it was BLINDING!

[longship]

4. BTW, Betsy Wetsy's brother.

[librechik]

5. Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos are brother and sister, literally

it's like the fuckin roman empire

[rockfordfile]

6. This guy is un-American

[2naSalit]

7. Yup!

I bet that his jackbooted thugs are in on the ICE raids and the blackbloc violent "protestors"...

Just sayin' be careful out there, I knew they would bring that mercenary shit back here at some point. I think they're already here and infiltrating.