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Title: Private War: Erik Prince Has His Eye On Afghanistan's Rare Metals
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URL Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston ... utm_term=.phGLGw8Jm#.pe9E6VYgJ
Published: Dec 8, 2017
Author: Aram Roston
Post Date: 2017-12-08 06:31:10 by Ada
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Views: 282
Comments: 5

BuzzFeed News is publishing the slide presentation by the founder of Blackwater to privatize the Afghan war and mine Afghanistan's valuable minerals. He pitched the proposal to the Trump administration. Prince told BuzzFeed News, "You're a fucking hack."

Controversial private security tycoon Erik Prince has famously pitched an audacious plan to the Trump administration: Hire him to privatize the war in Afghanistan using squads of "security contractors." Now, for the first time, Buzzfeed News is publishing that pitch, a presentation that lays out how Prince wanted to take over the war from the US military — and how he envisioned mining some of the most war-torn provinces in Afghanistan to help fund security operations and obtain strategic mineral resources for the US.

Prince, who founded the Blackwater security firm and testified last week to the House Intelligence Committee for its Russia investigation, has deep connections into the current White House: He’s friends with former presidential adviser Stephen Bannon, and he’s the brother of Betsy DeVos, the education secretary.

Prince briefed top Trump administration officials directly, talked up his plan publicly on the DC circuit, and published op-eds about it. He patterned the strategy he's pitching on the historical model of the old British East India Company, which had its own army and colonized much of Britain's empire in India. "An East India Company approach," he wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "would use cheaper private solutions to fill the gaps that plague the Afghan security forces, including reliable logistics and aviation support."

But the details have never been made public. Here is the never-before-published slide presentation for his pitch, which a source familiar with the matter said was prepared for the Trump administration.

One surprising element is the commercial promise Prince envisions: that the US will get access to Afghanistan’s rich deposits of minerals such as lithium, used in batteries; uranium; magnesite; and "rare earth elements," critical metals used in high technology from defense to electronics. One slide estimates the value of mineral deposits in Helmand province alone at $1 trillion.

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#1. To: Ada (#0)

Prince briefed top Trump administration officials directly, talked up his plan publicly on the DC circuit, and published op-eds about it. He patterned the strategy he's pitching on the historical model of the old British East India Company, which had its own army and colonized much of Britain's empire in India. "An East India Company approach," he wrote in the Wall Street Journal, "would use cheaper private solutions to fill the gaps that plague the Afghan security forces, including reliable logistics and aviation support."

from the sounds of it prince has a well read collection of comic books stockpiled as he don't seem to know squat about history.


I used to be in a hurry, then I figured out I was just getting nowhere fast.

IRTorqued  posted on  2017-12-08   8:12:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: IRTorqued (#1)

from the sounds of it prince has a well read collection of comic books stockpiled as he don't seem to know squat about history.

Dunno. The Brits controlled the whole subcontinent with very few troops, thanks in part to the East India Company.

Ada  posted on  2017-12-08   9:01:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Ada (#2)

Afghanistan does not seem to be as passive as India.


I used to be in a hurry, then I figured out I was just getting nowhere fast.

IRTorqued  posted on  2017-12-08   9:23:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Ada (#2)

As long the incursion/occupation emphasizes business and associated employment natives are likely to go along with it until it's seen as exploitative and abusive.

Tatarewicz  posted on  2017-12-08   22:07:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Tatarewicz (#4)

As the Empire collapses it's time to go Colonial, rape and pillage and think of the money we'll save.

Ada  posted on  2017-12-09   7:37:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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