The Man Behind Blackwater

I have personally worked beside Blackwater employees. These operators conducted them selves in the utmost professional manner and are very squared away individuals. As for Mr Prince I have not had the pleasure of meeting him, but from what I have heard he is a very down to earth person and a pleasure to work for. The media dosen't like him because he is a conservative christian, if he was a liberal the media would bury this whole thing or just wouldn't cover it. I am a Police Officer and Tactical firearms instructor and wish there were more facilities like Blackwater to train the Police and Military. GOD bless our men and women over seas.

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comment: I have personally worked along side of Blackwater employees. These operators conduct themselves in an utmost professional manner and are very squared away individuals. As for Mr Prince I have not had the privilige of meeting him but from what I hear he is a very down to earth, average person of good moral character. The media dosen't care for him because he is a conserative christian, if he was a lib the media would bury the story or outright refuse to cover it.

Having worked along side Blackwater employees in Iraq I can say they are indeed very egotistical. So what?? All security contractors are that way. They have to be in inspire confidence to their clients. We like to make fun of Blackwater because they walk around displaying their bear print on their clothes but they are extremely professional and talented. I have also been to their compound in Mayock, which is first class. I don't have a problem with mercenaries: executive outcomes took care of the angola problem with quickness as well as sierre leon. If the wore torn african countries would hire some Blackwater operators and forego the weak UN, the rebels would be gone within six months.

So much hate in these forums.....Mr. Prince may have his own demons growing up under shadow of his father, nevertheless, the point here is that the U.S. Govt needs these contract companies to do what the military has neither the resources or time to do. I've been to IZ twice and AF once and seen how these guys operate. Mercs...no, overpaid former military operators absolutely. Ihowever, IZ is an extremely violent place.

The man may have his own personal demons having grown up under the shadow of his father, but then again, who of us does not. Additionally, I served in Iraq and Afghanistan and worked alongside some of these so-called mercenaries and they are not that. Overpaid former military guys perhaps but not mercs. Furthermore, their aggressiveness while delivering 'packages' is well-founded. Iraq is a very bad place.

Mary ,sounds like your problem is with your life and your family.You are no woman. Have another pill and take a nap.
Hey pb1492. How long is an al-qaida tour? You are a phony ain't ya? Painting Blackwater with a pretty broad brush. You don't know that 92% of them are ex-military. You weren't drafted so, if you really are in, you joined.
It's gun toting and blemish.Wasn't Zarqawi a gun toter?Aren't the muj's all, cigarette- fueled adventure
seekers? Aren't they all.?

I'm on my third tour in Iraq...I've seen the U.S. military grow and change, as the mission has required. The Blackwater contractors, on the otherhand, still remain the same steroid-fueled, gun-totting adventure-seekers from four years ago. These are people who care more about their paychecks than their country. If they were true patriots, why aren't they in the military? Blackwater and the rest of the war-profiteers are yet another bleamish to America's reputation and our Constitutional ideals.

purvis the woman basher, my trek to sainthood is exposing the crimes of Nazi Catholics like my abusive family, Erik Prince and you! What's your "contribution" besides abuse?

RE: "Mist74":
Perhaps you should have been working for Alberto Gonzales and George Bush, subverting our Constitution, at the JUSTICE department with your "Just-us" degree. You would have fit right in.
BTW: The reason Bush gives $Billions in no-bid contracts to Mercenaries fighting an immoral / idiotic war while refusing to fund child health care and rebuild New Orleans seems clear. Poor children and the poor citizens of New Orleans don't give kick-backs to the Republican Party and the War Profiteers do.
The Republican kick-backs to the ultra-wealthy, in the form of tax breaks and this idiotic $Trillion war nearly assure we will not be ABLE to afford funding for poor children's health care in the future, while pushing the COST for this debacle unto the shoulders of our children and grand-children. The REASON they MUST use Mercenaries for this war is that 74% of the people want it stopped and the only NEW soldiers available must be BRIBED from the pool of poor young Americans who can't find any other work!

I have to say that it has been a fun couple of days with you left wing America haters but I have to move on(no pun intended). Except for kwh13 and a couple others,(misty, you have to work on the grammar) you are a bunch of dope smoking bolsheviks, no doubt half of this crap is coming from San Fran Freako. Goodbye
possum NAMVET chump, get a job pay your taxes, Let Blackwater continue to train and keep our warriors working. Don't forget ,their Blackwater is al-qaida . God Bless America, Michael Savage, and blue and green eyed people all over the world. Also people of color so to speak ,who are not racist or religious killers.

Prince should be in jail for KNOWINGLY MURDERING his first wife via cancer-causing pregnancies and for cheating on her while she was dying. It's bad enough that Joan was bullied by a mother-killing pedophile cult into putting a female fetus ahead of her own right to life. That she had two more kids was coerced "suicide" that conveniently avoided an embarrassing and EXPENSIVE annullment for a "pious" PLAYBOY. Now the "pro-life" Prince is killing innocent already born "heretics" FOR THEIR OIL!

I contracted with this company last year and part of this year, it is not only men from the military but women as well. I being a mother and wife took on this position primarily for financial reasons, however when engaged in the project came to believe in what we were doing and I can guarantee you we were held by ROE the same as any military force. I served my time in the military and the politics that came along with that did not suit my personality. Blackwater did. As in any situation that has gone awire, there is always going to be an escape goat and at this time Blackwater seems to be the Oliver North of the moment. Erik Prince may not be his father, as I read in one of the comments below. I am sure his father was a brilliant man, however give Mr. Prince the credit he deserves.. He is providing a service to your country where we are sorely lacking. Unless you would like to get off of the couch or off this computer and join the forces with the Military so there is not such a shortage then someone needs to back up our troops and keep the diplomats safe. And that is exactly what we have been doing.

As a female that had contracted with this company for most of last year I can gurentee you that we had to follow ROE just as the Military and if not followed were heald responsible for our actions. Not a person alive can attest as to what you feel when you are bombarded by people with smiles on their faces as they try to hand you an IED, you tend to become causous with every encounter, but not careless. It is not jusat men overtheir working for Blackwater, there are women, mothers, wives that have Military history and the honor that was instilled in us stands without wearing the uniform. The press is a controlled press and often there is a fall guy in these situations. I have worked for this company and stand behind Princes beliefs. We are all hard working, well trained far beond the military realm to handle ANY situation that is to arise. The news however is controlled over there and you only hear what they want you to believe. It is vastly becoming a war of Media and everyone is loosing site of what we are about and who sent us over their in the first place because many situations could not be handled. If you feel blackwater is not right for the job, then step up to the plate and join the Military so that they are not lacking so many soldiers to where the government has to hire us to protect and serve. Blackwater did not go to Iraq uninvited, so guess who invited us? No one looks back on the company or Prince that sent several of us to aid in the Katrina incident before any forces had arrived, but was that ever made public? Accidents happen, but you are all just reading a story that they want you to believe, without this and other companys like Blackwater and Dynacorp the US would not be as powerful of a force as it is today.