Billionaire Erik Prince Charges $6,500 Per Person To Evacuate Afghanistan: Report
Source: Yahoo!News
Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of military contractor Blackwater, is charging $6,500 per seat on a chartered plane out of Afghanistan, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Prince told the newspaper that $6,500 covered getting the passenger into the airport as well, though the paper noted that it was not clear whether he actually had the ability to accomplish such maneuvering.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki criticized Prince whose company made millions from the war in Afghanistan when asked about his decision to charge desperate Afghans thousands of dollars to escape a potential death sentence. I dont think any human being who has a heart and soul would support efforts to profit off of peoples agony and pain as theyre trying to depart a country and fearing for their lives, Psaki said during a press conference.
Blackwater employees were convicted seven years ago of murdering over a dozen unarmed Iraqi civilians during the U.S.-led conflict in that country. Prince, an ally of former President Donald Trump and brother of former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, has more recently been accused by the United Nations of violating an international weapons embargo on Libya. Western forces and aid groups, assisted by veterans who served in Afghanistan, are scrambling to pull thousands of increasingly distressed residents safely out of the country before the Aug. 31 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Many of those filing into cavernous military C-17s for a chance at a new life have only the few belongings they can carry, sometimes no more than what they are wearing.Time to flee is rapidly dwindling: The White House has warned that evacuations will likely need to wrap up by the weekend so the military has enough time to ship out its own troops and equipment.
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LakeArenal
(28,833 posts)Immoral for sure.
Mr. Evil
(2,853 posts)LakeArenal
(28,833 posts)EX500rider
(10,849 posts)I doubt it
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Sarc...
Hekate
(90,765 posts)Evil is as evil does.
llmart
(15,546 posts)No wonder he's a buddy of the orange one. Birds of a feather and all.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)it'd be a real bargain for those who could come up with it. But who thinks he's in the bargain business?
HUAJIAO
(2,395 posts)2naSalit
(86,730 posts)Actually arriving at the expected destination with that crew.
Evolve Dammit
(16,751 posts)druidity33
(6,446 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,751 posts)ShazzieB
(16,469 posts)Such a charming family.
Evolve Dammit
(16,751 posts)Martin68
(22,845 posts)war zones.
Champp
(2,114 posts)Grift, grift, grift $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
orleans
(34,070 posts)ok--sure he made a killing on the iraq war & Afghanistan
would we expect him do to the right thing? no. this is his last hoorah
Mr.Bill
(24,311 posts)land charter planes in the middle of a military operation in an airport we control?
groundloop
(11,521 posts)NEOBuckeye
(2,781 posts)Just completely disgusting and vile he is.
sakabatou
(42,165 posts)mtasselin
(666 posts)I wonder if the January 6th investigation will lead to him? This family is the scum of the earth, let us not forget who his sister is.
Phil the Kilibuster
(82 posts)Actually, that's an insult to Satan. Sorry 'bout that, Old Scratch!