"Recruit, Vet, Train & Deploy" - Erik Prince On How Blackwater Trained Soldiers for War

Patrick Bet-David sits down one-on-one with Blackwater founder Erik Prince as they discuss how Blackwater prepared soldiers for war.
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[@chrisgrooms3697]

Erik for SecDef!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rafewheadon1963]

Thank you for not having Adam here to repeat the obvious...

[@Ehffynniufrerthbbh]

He would just be echoing the warpig eric you're right

[@obviouslyabot-wk9ou]

Yeah but without Adam Vinny Wouldnt blow a head gasket😂 and thats the best when hes red like a 🍅

[@yeshuaislord6880]

@@Ehffynniufrerthbbh He is a military man. War is his business, not politics. Why do you think special forces guys train like they are in a war during peacetime? It's their job to be paranoid and anxious about war on our behalf.

[@l.gonzalez9488]

​@@obviouslyabot-wk9oulol😂

[@blahblah4129]

"The goal is to wash money out of the tax bases of the United States and Europe and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is endless war, not a successful war." Julian Assange

[@updownkid]

BOOM.

[@falcor200]

No Adam, no wonder this episode felt so smooth.

[@jimrogers7425]

This podcast guest, Erik Prince, is one of the BEST podcast guests EVER! Thank you, PBD, for bringing such honest, open, intelligent, informative guests as you do!

[@bradleyjohnson6107]

This business has always blown my mind. Professional solders who turn a profit fighting wars…fascinating.

[@ninertactics]

you dont really make much being enlisted while in the military. maybe the career officers do make a lot of cash ,from what I heard theres a lot of ass kissing down that route and some honourable guys cant stand it.

[@AA-xs8mv]

Blackwater was absolutely useless they had no discipline and very unprofessional.

[@JaneLaPlace]

They had the best from every special op groups. They took care of security & were high level shooters (snipers) who took out bad guys.

[@shadowslayer9988]

​@@JaneLaPlacePeople the United States itself classified as "bad guys".

[@AdamYusuf-3]

Point is theirs no justification for what happened. They had no business being there.

[@NotSure723]

War criminal.

[@walterwhite1]

Ya, a real disgusting mercenary creep

[@HankSemoreButz]

You aren’t sure are you?…

[@walterwhite1]

@@HankSemoreButz he’s a mercenary thug. He did a lot of bad stuff man. You might want to read up on him on Wikipedia!! he did a lot of terrible stuff. He’s a bad hombre.

[@HankSemoreButz]

@@walterwhite1 lol. You used wiki as your source for information?!!! Oh, I get it. Your joking! 🙃 😂

[@indodaemdaka]

​@HankSemoreButz I think he meant Wikileaks. Julian Assange is being severely punished for the leaks he released.

[@AxisOfResistance-313]

In 2007, Constellis (then Blackwater) received widespread notoriety for the Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad, when a group of its employees killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured 20. Four employees were convicted in the United States and later pardoned on December 22, 2020, by President Donald Trump. David, you should’ve brought that up and asked serious questions to Erik, as to WHY NO justice was served for the numerous deaths of innocent Iraqis!!!! I find this truly disturbing, disgusting, and Hypocritical of you!!!! Smh this is coming from an Iraqi

[@jamesgeorge9467]

Well because Donald Trump pardoned them lol

[@gmallory]

Trump also pardoned Johnanthan Pollard and Aviem Sella

[@VeritasIncrebresco]

This episode was way below PBD standard of questioning. I hope you guys learn from this fluff piece and return to hard questions.

[@jasondelaney6849]

Hater

[@HankSemoreButz]

Another irritating person who doesn’t understand real world issues

[@shadowslayer9988]

​@@jasondelaney6849Gaslighter

[@VorenusXIII]

"hard questions" You sound like Adam. Always bragging about asking the "hard" and "tough" questions, but never, ever say what those questions are.

[@FlightX101]

@@VorenusXIIIwe can start with the lawsuits and the very very gray area of immunity applied to their activities in Afghanistan. But those would indeed be tough questions because even the courts pentagon wont give clear answers on it…..

[@Freedomnofree]

Great interview and insight from EP. Highly enjoy your interviews. PBD, EPs commentary was great, the fact that he mentioned we do nut down our spending is on point. You need to get Victor Hansen Davis on your pod.

[@leewilson2261]

I worked for Aegis in Baghdad and witnessed Blackwater and they were completely out of control.

[@thedude828-ed2nn]

No they weren't bro my best friend worked for them they were not just a bunch of cowboys the majority of them were professional AF they weren't running around just killing people that's straight bs.

[@AverageJoe483]

Did you work on the FOB while they went out ?

[@AdamYusuf-3]

​@@thedude828-ed2nn Great comedy, so again what happened to Julian Assange for exposing them?

[@JaneLaPlace]

​@@AdamYusuf-3 He exposed the government

[@mambamolt7353]

@@thedude828-ed2nn That’s bs! they’re mercenaries, Not professionals projecting peace.

[@AnnSisuLiv]

It's horrible what they did to their guys to make money. One of my best friends served for years when it was Blackwater. At least half of the group he served with self- deleted after they returned home. A damn shame how they were used up for profit and war mongering.

[@aurorajones8481]

What do you expect when you combine capitalism and war? Then codify it with the gov.

[@Saku19]

Fuel for the Military Industrial Complex.

[@AverageJoe483]

Do you know how many “ self delete “ every year in our military ? A LOT !

[@AnnSisuLiv]

@AverageJoe483 Yes but the ratio is way higher for B.W. type groups. 1/2 of the military isn't self- deleting.

[@AverageJoe483]

@@AnnSisuLiv well look at most veterans that have left service . Many have done the same as well .

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

I didnt know theCanadians have an army. A little airforce. USA owns Canada. They can take it when they want.

[@randallarmstrong1840]

This guy is a fucking genius and Biden is our president ?!?! What the fuck?!??

[@mambamolt7353]

This was just a profit marge for the military industry. At the cost of innocent lives from all side’s.

[@chellegriggs]

My ex worked with Executive Outcomes... PMC

[@johnmacias01]

Erick Prince should have ran for President! Owning & operating a business brings a wealth of knowledge!

[@Ripu-ri6nl]

So how Wagner & blackwater different from each, one is evil & second one is good ?

[@LeadLeftLeon]

Wagner won the biggest battle since ww2 in Bakhmut. Blackwater doesn’t have anything close to that on its record

[@frankb5728]

Public Enemy #1.. and his sister.

[@HankSemoreButz]

That band broke up years ago 😂

[@frankb5728]

@@HankSemoreButz she watch she watch she watch

[@Diddley-js6lf]

I Swear I can listen to Eric Prince for Hours. The Man is So Knowledgeable in So Many Areas. Bad Ass Cat For Sure.

[@ShortBudgetProductions]

We should of been out of Iraq in way before 2008 USA had already won and the US Army wanted to hand Iraq over to the Iraqi army and USA has won.But politics made it to where USA broke up the Iraqi army witch made the USA have to spend more and more money and send more troops.

[@thekickingwolf5115]

Its keeps weapon manufacturers in business. They fund dirty politicians to drag out the war. People’s lives be damned!

[@MohawkFlippinMike]

Clearly you didn’t understand the power vaccum that was left after we took over from saddam.

[@TurtleChad1]

Wagner is much better than these guys

[@jasondelaney6849]

Wagner lost their leader

[@Saku19]

Are those the guys who don't have any ammo and all their bodies were filmed by the fat old guy who got un-alived by Putin?

[@shadowslayer9988]

​​@@jasondelaney6849Okay they still have more military experience compared to Black Water that has not fought against competent conventional militaries and gorilla warfare fighters

[@sonnerilten3131]

The real Patriot 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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[@miguelgarcia-hv8rg]

Gentlemen, please pass this message to Mr. Erik D Prince. Let him post where we all Venezuelans can help, to complete to increase that $100 million reward, to get Maduro and Diosdado Cabello out of Venezuela and all his corrupt people, please.

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[@juanmoy4780]

This is what the Bible says about the rightist and leftist people: Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. VOTE WITH YOUR HEART!

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Why you need to you will find a money. That is one purpose really that is you will be feeling happy . The happy is in the islamic religion❤

[@Tim82ATW]

Keep up the good work PBD!!! Airborne ATW "StrikeHold" America first!! Trump 2024. Make America Great Again and FJB!!

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I believe his family was Amway money right?

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[@roberthayes6360]

One of the best people to interview ,very interesting insight

[@wp-ww]

Do people forget what blackwater is lol...

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Why?

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Blackwater had a purpose then, and we need it now for civilians

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[@JonathanE1961]

The name Blackwater should cause a pause

[@JayR-v5p]

Blackwater was founded Dec. 26, 1996. 8 yrs. later on Dec. 26 the deadliest tsunami in history killed well over 200,000 people. La Palma Island, the one with the volcanic ridge that is supposed to collapse and kill everyone on the Eastern U.S. coast has black sand beaches. You do the math. 3.11.11 - wonder where Blackwater was that day?

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