Contractors in Afghanistan: What Erik Prince Gets Right
By Mark Cancian on August 04, 2017 at 9:31 AM
Eric Prince, the former CEO of Blackwater, argues for expanded use of contractors in Afghanistan. Some of his proposals deserve attention.
The idea apparently resonated with the White House (though not with Secretary of Defense Mattis) and has continued to get attention. Prince is widely regarded as the spawn of Satan because of the many controversies surrounding Blackwater’s conduct in Iraq and Afghanistan, so commentators have lined up to criticize his proposals. Many of his proposals are, indeed, highly debatable, such as creating an army of contractors and establishing a viceroy.
http://breakingdefense.com/2017/08/contractors-in-afghanistan-what-erik-prince-gets-right/
