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Part One: Erik Prince: The Rich Kid Who Bought An Army

Behind the Bastards

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Investing in Blackwater - You're Still a Sell Sword

Since they were private civilians who regularly got into gun fights and war zones for money, some people call blackwaters contractors mercenaries. This makes eric very angry. Here's a quote from a news week article titled profile blackwater's eric prince tat's a slanderous term, an inflammatory word they used to malign us, says prince. Mercenaries, he says, are professional soldiers who work for a foreign government. Blackwater's men are americans working for the American govern oh, k, som antics. Man. They're not mercenaries cause they're american, and so is the governmet. You're still a sell sword, though, ye ousn that?

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