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Officials Reject Idea of Blackwater Founder Privatizing the War in Afghanistan

posted by martyb on Saturday October 06 2018, @11:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the further-privatizing dept.

takyon writes:

Afghan officials reject push to privatize war

Afghan officials have rejected a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to have his private military contracting company take over the training and advising of the Afghan armed forces.

Prince lobbied several Afghan politicians on a recent trip to the country and has been discussing his proposal to privatize parts of the U.S. military mission in the country for over a year, according to Reuters.

But Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has repeatedly dismissed the idea. "Under no circumstances will the Afghan government and people allow the counterterrorism fight to become a private, for-profit business," Ghani's national security adviser said in a statement to Reuters Thursday.

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has also rejected the proposal, saying in August, "When Americans put their nation's credibility on the line, privatizing it is probably not a wise idea."

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Sunday October 07 2018, @12:51AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 07 2018, @12:51AM (#745286) Journal

    What is a horrible wound ? ... blows a hole in you the size of a pot roast, with ONE shot. Visualize that wound and imagine what you'd think if one of your buddies suffered such a wound.

    Like visualizing the damage caused by the 5.56x45 mm NATO [youtube.com], shot by M4/M16s (muzzle v: 910 m/s), bullets that are prone to yawing and fragmentation [wikipedia.org]?

    The point is - speaking about the terminal ballistics is not as a clear cut picture issue as one may believe. Where guns vs humans are involved it never is [businessinsider.com]; not even in the contexts of guns vs watermelons [youtube.com]

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