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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:21 AM Aug 2017

Theyre looting the treasury: CNN panel blasts Trump over plan to hand Afghanistan to DeVos bro

During a panel discussion on President Donald Trump’s many conflicts of interest, Michael D’Antonio, author of The Truth About Trump, blasted his financial surplus in the wake of his presidency.

According to the Financial Times, Blackwater founder Erik Prince — who happens to be Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s brother — has proposed a two-year plan to supply 5,000 mercenaries and close to 100 aircraft, bringing the total cost of the U.S. effort to turn round a failing war to less than $10 billion a year.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/theyre-looting-the-treasury-cnn-panel-blasts-trump-over-plan-to-hand-afghanistan-to-devos-brother/?comments=disqus

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Theyre looting the treasury: CNN panel blasts Trump over plan to hand Afghanistan to DeVos bro (Original Post) UCmeNdc Aug 2017 OP
THIS MUST BE STOPPED! Chasstev365 Aug 2017 #1
He is a war criminal. Zoonart Aug 2017 #4
Jail is too good for souless people like him. Kleveland Aug 2017 #6
republicans & russians steal election for a frikken amoral Grifter* Achilleaze Aug 2017 #2
Erik Prince is a scumbag rockfordfile Aug 2017 #3
There should be laws in place prohibiting the use of mercenaries. Kleveland Aug 2017 #5
Bastards. Kentonio Aug 2017 #7
K N R-ed Faux pas Aug 2017 #8
So, Eric has his own airforce??? 100 Aircraft MagickMuffin Aug 2017 #9

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. republicans & russians steal election for a frikken amoral Grifter*
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:25 AM
Aug 2017

Then the frikken KGOP Grifter goes Whole Goat grifting the American people on behalf of himself and his fancy-pants, gourmet 1% billionaire plutocrat buddies.

What a surprise. And republicans go on pretending they are actually followers of the teachings of Christ. Yuh. Right. Sure.

* Comrade Casino, republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
5. There should be laws in place prohibiting the use of mercenaries.
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 08:37 AM
Aug 2017

Another piss poor example of trying to run the country like a business.

That, and why is there any belief that mercenaries could do a better job?

Surely there would be a substantial increase in civilian casualties as well, as these sorts of groups seem to operate by the creed of "Kill them all, and let God sort them out".

Of course, in their minds, they would all go to hell because they are Muslims, so it all works out.

What a world we have been born into.



MagickMuffin

(15,952 posts)
9. So, Eric has his own airforce??? 100 Aircraft
Tue Aug 8, 2017, 10:22 AM
Aug 2017

How did he acquire 100 aircraft? I'd like to know about his acquisition of these aircraft. Did he buy them from the US government?

And NO THANKS Eric, the US already has a military. We don't need another one with no checks or balances. NOW GO AWAY, and take your Grifter Sister with you!

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