as journalists we knew who blackwater was let us know they were not soldiers they were blackwater if they were there are literally i am i'm sorry there was hundreds and hundreds of companies employing u.s. nato and other country veterans difference between the between blackwater and nato i'm sorry by saying i don't think you're that sharp that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy or you need a yard and sharp to tell the difference well thank you i've always wanted. to do was always a very very retract if you're going to agree before this because i would carry on with your i carry on with your audience will go to the debate with the tie in the suit. so i've got to be. on one fighting 20 international terrorist groups since 2014 the afghan national security forces have been doing this by themselves so how do you justify that you'll get a contract and go and do the war in afghanistan given that you're making money out of this business and you don't ever want to conclude this business there and one point please do us a favor and have a bold line between the cente

state department investigation found that blackwater quote was over billing the state department and manipulating personal records its guards were partying drinking and even crashed an armored car and saw themselves as quote above the law pretty damning the u.s. state department saying this but the company they've given contracts to over billing and manipulating we never paid any fines for anything like that and that's effect you paid fines for a lot of things the only thing we paid a fine for it was a elation and i gave an example of the otoh if you say the only thing you paid a fine for you paid $7500000.00 fine and 2012 to settle 17 criminal charges you paid a full $1000000.00 settlement are a department in 2010 for illegal arms sales. 2012 it already sold the business i saw that in 2010 but the cases go back beyond 2010 the criminal charges raided all sorts of things that went back years including south sudan you broke u.s. sanctions to try and sell weapons to south sudan knowing going to there's no weapons in south sudan there was a proposal on the naval you never put a proposal

as journalists we knew who blackwater was let us know they were not soldiers they were blackwater if they were there was literally i'm sorry there was hundreds and hundreds of companies employing u.s. nato and other country veterans difference between the between blackwater and nato i'm sorry by saying i don't think you're that sharp that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy or you name your that sharp to tell the difference well thank you thank you very much i did time to go but i'm sure you are going to be very retract if you're going to agree before this because i would carry on with your i carry on with you wouldn't go to the debate with a tie in the suit. so i've got to be in war since i was in one fighting 20 international terrorist groups since 2014 the afghan national security forces have been doing this by themselves so how do you justify that you'll get a contract and go and do the war in afghanistan given that you're making money out of this business and you don't ever want to conclude this business there and one point please do us a favor and have

there's 110000 iraqi civilians have died after blackwater and involvement in iraq blackwater was not the problem in iraq a very sick tarion government dominated by iranian units that have been pounding on the sunni's and pounding on the kurds is probably the thing that led to the crop of basis but even if that's part of it most military experts into the us military experts agree that high profile incidents whether it's abu ghraib did help act as a recruiting sergeant for groups like isis that didn't exist before the us invaded iraq so something like the missile square massacre that is still remembered in baghdad may well have done helped people say you know what i'm going to go join an insurgent group that's how americans treat of private contractors shoot 9 year old kids in the street shoot mothers with their children i think massive unemployment and an iraqi government that is you know when i'm not disputing that i'm agreeing with you i'm not saying because you discount them in iraq you sitting at home seeing the missile square massacre doesn't think you know what i'm not as well g

of blackwater erik prince you do it move the personal and queue. the bill you don't you disagree that branded a war profiteer and a super mercenary by his critics princes were made over a $1000000000.00 out of the so-called war on terror it also highlighted the clear danger of using private contractors on the battlefield and yet now back on the scene trying to privatized the war in afghanistan but offering to replace u.s. and nato troops there with his own private security force but will handing the war to print really help end it i'm in the house and i've come here to the oxford union to go head to head with erik prince a former navy seal and the founder of but quarter i'll challenge him on the war crimes in iraq his plans for a private army in afghanistan and his loyal support for president donald song. tonight i'll also be joined by sean mcfate a former private military contractor former officer in the u.s. army and author of the book the new rules of war they had an award winning guardian journalist from iraq who's covered conflicts across the

of blackwater erik prince you do it move the person of john q. to bill you don't you disagree that branded a war profiteer and a super mercenary by his critics princes were made over a $1000000000.00 out of the so-called war on terror but also highlighted the clear danger of using private contractors on the battlefield and yet now back on the scene trying to privatized the war in afghanistan but offering to replace u.s. and nato troops there with his own private security force but will handing the war to print really help end it i'm in the house and i've come here to the oxford union to go head to head with erik prince a former navy seal and the founder of but quarter i'll challenge him on war crimes in iraq his plans for a private army in afghanistan and his loyal support for president donald trump. tonight i'll also be joined by sean 8 a former private military contractor former officer in the u.s. army and author of the book the new rules of war. had an award winning guardian journalist from iraq who's covered conflicts across the middle east

of blackwater erik prince you do it move a lot of personal q. . to bill you don't you disagree that branded a war profiteer and a super mercenary by his critics princes were made over a $1000000000.00 out of the so-called war on terror but also highlighted the clear danger of using private contractors on the battlefield and yet now back on the scene trying to privatized the war in afghanistan but offering to replace u.s. and nato troops there with his own private security force but we're handing the war to prevent really help end it i'm in the house and i've come here to the oxford union to go head to head with erik prince a former navy seal and the founder of but quarter i'll challenge him on war crimes in iraq his plans for a private army in afghanistan and his loyal support for president donald trump. tonight i'll also be joined by sean mcfate a former private military contractor former officer in the u.s. army and author of the book the new rules of war they had an award winning guardian journalist from iraq who's covered conflicts across the

so in the early days of iraq it was a gold rush you had companies coming out of nowhere including blackwater who was really like a cowboy but nobody had any control anybody doing anything with firearms in this country to say they're private military company. was an a.t.m. for these companies the basic idea of a contractor versus recruiting. training in supporting military vets is that there is room hiring a prostitute or getting married. so instead of a soldier who has an x. cost of a year now being a contractor and is being paid $8.00 times 10. well what has happened is that america has basically married a prostitute and has been active in them for a very long period of time is almost sure to be a. good example of. it's not invade a country can it be that you think. but none of you know right you just heard john ok i've got a better feel. of this so we will get a room of these words very. contractors offer some gray area benefits to politicians everybody's concerned like we have a 1000 boots the ground nobody ever asks how many contractors there is don't like our hutong the ground here so i

i do not remember now if it was halliburton or blackwater. maybe you could just straighten me out on that situation. thank you. does not exister anymore, it was a security company, and halliburton was an oil services company, so i do not know if either of them would have been doing cleanup, but to your point, fema does have contracts with large service companies that do cleanup. products,ome national and the reason that fema does that is that way you can get cleanup workers on the ground quickly. you don't have to hire someone because fema has already hired them. point --r makes a good should you give this money to local companies, and that is a give and take it, that is a push and pull. there are people saying exactly what the caller says which is higher the local companies and workers and and eight ideal world, that is which -- and in an ideal world, that is what you want to do, but you want people on the ground right away. you will get rodents in all sorts of problems if you leave debris on your streets. host: texas, ricardo. go ahead. cal

military contractor blackwater have have there are jail sentences have to for their roles in one of the most notorious chanter is in the iraq war they were convicted of 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians and baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the man had hopes to walk free on a technicality bunt of the judge disagreed in the united states we hold our armed forces and a contract is accountable for their actions dustin heard had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while evan liberty and paul slow were found culpable for the majority of those killed of their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively now lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the men walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an appeals court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used government issued weapons in a war zone in thursday's re sente

military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentences have for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the men had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed in the united states we hold our armed forces and our contractors accountable for their actions. dustin herd had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while evan liberty and paul slow were found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively and lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the men walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an appeals court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used a government issued weapons in a war zone in thursday's ri sentencing the judg

military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentences all but hard for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the man had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed. in the united states we hold our armed forces and our contractors accountable for their actions. doesn't hurt had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while even liberty and paul were found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the man walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed them men under rules or governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an appeals court rejected that 2 years ago because the man had used government issued weapons in a war zone in thursday's at least sense and see

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military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentence all but hard for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the man had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed. in the united states we hold our armed forces and our contractors accountable for their actions. justin heard how his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while even liberty and paul flower found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the man walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30th sentence but impales court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used government issued weapons in a war setting in thursday's re sentencing the judge des

military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentences have for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the men had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed in the united states we hold our armed forces and our contractors accountable for their actions. dustin herd had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while evan liberty and paul slow were found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively the lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the men walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge jailed the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an appeals court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used government issued weapons in a war zone in thursday's recent unsing the judge

military contractor blackwater have had their jail sentences have for their roles in one of the most notorious chapters in the iraq war they were convicted of 5 years 5 years ago over the deadly shooting of civilians in baghdad in 2007 which left more than a dozen iraqis dead the man had hoped to walk free on a technicality but the judge disagreed. in the united states we hold our armed forces and a contract is accountable for their actions dustin heard had his sentence reduced the most to 12 years after prosecutors said he was responsible for only 6 of the deaths while evan liberty and paul slow were found culpable for the majority of those killed their sentences were cut to 14 and 15 years respectively the lawyers had appealed to the judge to let the man walk free having already spent 5 years behind bars the original judge gel the men under rules governing the use of machine guns in a violent crime which carries a mandatory 30 year sentence but an appeals court rejected that 2 years ago because the men had used government issued weapons in a war zone in thursday's resentencing the

so in the early days of iraq it was a gold rush you had companies coming out of nowhere including blackwater who was really like a cowboy but nobody had any control anybody doing anything with fire arms in this country to say their private military company. was an a.t.m. for these companies the basic idea of a contractor versus recruiting. training in supporting military vets is that there is room hiring a prostitute or getting married. so instead of a soldier who has an x. cost of a year now being a contractor and is being paid $8.00 times 10. well what has happened is that america has basically married a prostitute and has been active in them for a very long period of time is almost sure to be a. good example of you it's not invade a country and it would be a. good. thing but none of the russians are certainly on the shelf and i think i'm looking. at this hour we will get a real movies where it's very. contractors offer some gray area benefits to politicians everybody's concerned like we have a 1000 boots the ground nobody ever asks how many contractors there is don't like hard to turn the

so in the early days of iraq it was a gold rush you had companies coming out of nowhere including blackwater who was really like a tomboy but nobody had any control anybody doing anything with firearms in this country to say they're private military company. was an a.t.m. for these companies the basic idea of a contractor versus recruiting. training in supporting military vets is that there is room hiring a prostitute or getting married. so instead of a soldier who has an x. cost of a year now being a contractor who's being paid $8.00 times 10. well what has happened is that america has basically married a prostitute and has been active in them for a very long period of time is almost sure to be a. good example of. it's not invade a country and it would be a. good. thing but none of the russians are searching around ok i'm with you. on this now we will get a real movies where it's very. contractors offer some grey area benefits to politicians everybody's concerned like we have a 1000 boots the ground nobody ever asks how many contractors there is don't like our goods on the ground. so if the

to the cities famous inner harbor and after shopping mall with a call clipper ship drifting in the blackwater beside restaurants. the meeting all like a mall was brutalist and modern made of hard right angles, truncated geometric shapes and whirling structural triangles. which means employed as a science-fiction backdrop for the costume photo shoots. i was her with an old high school friend. we both graduated college and wanted to be professional artists. i was particularly interested in becoming a writer though i had no idea how to do it. which started making a short online, mostly about ourselves called a lesson is learned that the damage is irreversible. to our surprise most people reading it and we've gone down to otakon to hand out flyers to promote it. besides the web comic it had not been all that great of the year. just after graduated my father had died suddenly of a heart attack. i've spent the previous months winding up the competition affairs of his finances and psychiatry practice, badly. when the dust settled there wasn't really an inheritance when split among my siblings. more

given the corruption of this administration, it is not -- blackwater and whitewater and mercenary groups ,hat go in and clean up multimillionaires over dead bodies is one of the key configurations of this president's call for war against iran. i say no. host: thank you. we will go to robin in pennsylvania. guest: good morning. listen, i am furious right now listening to these people calling in. i am shocked. first of all, trump will do what he has to do. it is not even decided yet what is going to happen. second, all these people that are calling in saying trump's administration is corrupt, what about obama? withnt an airplane billions of dollars to give to a terrorist country in the middle of the night. don't you tell me about corruption. why don't we find out where all that money came from that he did this with and why nobody knew about it and why it was in the middle of the night? they are going to call in and say that this administration is corrupt? i am disgusted with all of them. i just joined a group here in pennsylvania, northeastern women for trump. i am telling you now, pennsyl

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