The INTENSE Military Gunfight That Led To The Downfall of Blackwater

[@ShawnRyanClips]

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[@ryanthomas6387]

Do one on how stupid you are to think George Floyd was killed as opposed to overdosing now

[@AndreAnyone]

So hit men are illegal, but a corporation was allowed to have a private military not bound by chain of command or runs of engment. Soooo they are mercenaries? Then didn't Monsanto(most evil company on earth) buy them? And then Bayer? Yeah a drug company with an army, what could go wrong.

[@swiftusmaximus5651]

Imagine a Countries citizens killing Military Invaders and Hanging theyre bodies from a bridge? Horrible.

[@AndreAnyone]

America is the terrorist of the world. The rest of the world just wants to be left alone. No other country has military bases all over the globe. We are like the Storm Troopers in Star Wars, if you can't see that, you're willfully blind.

[@Grimes7830]

They ambushed them and attacked prematurely… what about all the kids and women that got killed were they in on the ambush to? A lot of hogwash if you ask me so instead of accepting they might have run into an ambush they would rather kill off the entire square civilians and the so called bad guys…. Just foul and mad! imagine if you have a school shooter and because you’re a dip shit cop you go in to clear rooms and the shooter is in a room with other ppl you frkn start shooting ur ar15 and hope for the best and the rest oh well that’s to bad… tf kinda military/ mercenaries are these 🎉 what a bunch of 🤡 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3-TppeGh9OXaK8

[@user-pr3ho5pz4m]

Wow....I love to hear these first hand accounts. Much different than the crap our government gives us.

[@salahaldin447]

"the crap our government gives us" It was given by eye witnesses who were present there and saw with their own eyes what happened. These people are nothing short of terrorists but Americans will never learn from their past.

[@dietrichvarez1720]

Yes

[@dlxo]

exactly, ill listen to the people who were on the frontlines

[@BlackMarvel25]

​​@@dlxohe wasn't even there when this happened.

[@dlxo]

@@BlackMarvel25 yeah but he knows what its like because he lived that experience war is war .

[@mallymall1350]

The downfall of “Blackwater” renamed to XE services, renamed to Academi now Constellis Holdings

[@soopahsoopah]

owned and run by certified fuckface Erik Prince.

[@PierceMichaelChia]

Executive outcomes is the father of all modern mercenaries. They whoop black water ass.

[@guap406]

Under new leadership as of 2010

[@blankspace7336]

Nah it actually named "Shadow company'

[@jasonbritt2497]

I was part of the unit that eliminated those responsible for killing his guys in 2004 he described in the burning Mitsubishi. It’s crazy he mentioned that DHL plane bc I remember watching it get hit with the rocket and crash landing on fire as well. What he doesn’t mention when he’s explaining how the Iraqi patriots were warning the US of Iran in 2007 and how that changed the war. 1. He’s totally right, I was over there again in 2007 on a MITT team and our Iraqi counterparts working with us warned us of the same exact thing. It was sent up the chain and nothing was done. Eventually this culminated in the Shia uprising by Mahdi Militia supported by IRG Iranian republican guard. We were extended by another 3 months and it was all out fighting harsher than the initial invasion or Fallujah. What made it worse the military didn’t vent the Iraqi officers or interpreters very well and when all this started more than 3/4 of the Iraqi officers turned out to be working for the militia and many interpreters had been gathering intel for the Iranians, even to the point of stealing soldiers mail to get their home addresses in attempts to threaten their families back home.

[@QuisUtDeus828]

They knew about the Iranians in May 2006 it was part of the 3 days of briefings (unclassified ones) my company had to go through before we deployed in June. We also knew our terps were working for the Mahdi Militia. And so were our Iraqi Police (I was an MP we trained them).we never told the IPs when to expect us because the one time we did that we got attacked not far away (we knew it was going to happen we were actually verifying a potential source's Intel We even caught one of our terps planting an IED while he was on his 4 days every 3 weeks of off FOB time to go see his family. 😂

[@jasonbritt2497]

@@QuisUtDeus828 you must have been over by Sadr City. I was with 3rd ID during that time frame we replaced 1st Cav in the Al-Jam’ia area of Baghdad. Lived in an old three story Iraqi police station converted into a JSS until I moved to a MITT team and worked out of the green zone. That area was predominantly Sunni controlled but right before we left was when JAM (Shia) pretty much infiltrated everything including the police and Iraqi military. We ended up getting extended and moved into Sadr city right at the end of the deployment…. Was stupid to…we’d already connexed most our stuff and moved back to liberty winding down when we got extended went to seeing main gun fired on Abrams in Baghdad streets and house to house until the literal day before I flew home.

[@TravisTellsTruths]

Treason?

[@TravisTellsTruths]

​@Effelum yeah

[@ChrisWilliamsREI]

Dude, I can’t believe your Clips channel is closing in on a million subscribers! It’s been amazing watching your growth Shawn!

[@michaelmccorkel3935]

2 million now!

[@wrs8574]

Erik Prince's two interviews have been in my top 5 favorite casts you've done Shawn. Would love to see you have Sonny Puzikas on sometime.

[@PierceMichaelChia]

Lt-Col. Eeben Barlow is the real father of Modern Mercenaries. Fck Erik Prince

[@Cen-vx8rp]

Marine here, 31st meu, yeah that one. These blackwater guys were trigger happy war tourists. Multiple prior incidents but agree army dropped the ball racing to Baghdad for medals instead clearing prior cities. Shoulda also just put the kurds in charge and bounced by 2005.

[@nickslatten4438]

Every BW guy I ever worked with was squared away in 07 But I agree with you about putting the Kurds in charge

[@chuckyxii10]

I've heard nothing but bad things about them from guys who were around them. One of my NCO's told me they would shoot first and ask questions later and killed a bunch of civilians that way. Told one story specifically about BW just lighting up a car that got too close, said he watched it happen and looked in the car afterward and it was just a dead family.

[@33moneyball]

Complete nonsense….especially the openly ridiculous “war tourist” moniker your bitter ass has tossed out there.

[@MrMikeV00]

​@chuckyxii10 Yes, and so did the Marines and everyone else. War is hell. And you crybabies better sort your sh#t out because that is the nature of war. I never thought I would see a human get flailed but i did. And you best just get the f#ck over it because you're adversary does that. You gonna ask questions after a car travelling at speed parks in your asshole then detonates. I know I sound cold. And I am but this is real life. Marines talking about trigger happy is another new one for me but I still love the devil dogs. War is hell. Pull your shit together. We ain't into killing families but some families are definitely into killing us. Sorry but you literally just heard the man speak about pulling your buddies out. If blackwater was so sh#t why was there work for them? There is a lot of fcking team. There's a looming world war and the rest of the military is gonna fix it all but can't keep retention and only hit 50% of recruiting targets. Get a grip. Your possible future adversary has squad issued flame throwers that will go 30m plus. Get real muchacho. Its gonna get a lot worse. Wind me right the f#ck up you did.

[@MrMikeV00]

Seriously even a fucking newspaper would tell you there was almost not one single corps that didn't get a civilian or many. Mind you also have a gapping big fucking hole in downtown manahaton. Or did that slip your fucking mind too? There is nothing nice about any of this. Nothing.

[@006mh]

As a contractor running low profile ops from O4 - O7 across Iraq, the tactics that Blackwater employed were high profile and very aggressive, amongst what was essentially a civilian populace. Us and numerous other companies would actively avoid the BW teams who essentially became bullet magnets! Yes there was an anti-western sentiment amongst facets of the population although BW did themselves no favours in the way they approached their taskings!

[@jamescooke7243]

I saw a video of bw driving through a city Ramming innocent civilians with their car and shooting at people.

[@chrisblack2330]

Exactly! Those guys thought they could run around and do whatever they wanted without any consequences at all. Those jack assess shot at the main check point coming into Fallujah as I was there and then got mad when they were treated like prisoners. Well don't shoot at us and you get treated right idiots

[@windycityrosin]

Well yeah, have you seen the traffic there? It’s horrendous 🤦‍♂️

[@citizenvulpes4562]

That's what they were hired for.

[@KabbalahSherry]

​@@citizenvulpes4562- Exactly, whenever America wants some dirty sh*t done, and is ready to commit war crimes, they send one of these private companies to go do it, so they can pretend like everything is okay, cuz "the US military wasn't involved" afterall! 🙄 It's honestly disgusting, cuz it's the type of sh*t we have looked down our noses at when other countries do it. But of course we still portray ourselves as being "above" those types of tactics. It's all so fraudulent.

[@spldrong]

Dude, you are killin it. I cant even keep up with all of your podcasts

[@hughbo52]

Politicians, and those removed from the day to day, really don't think front line people know what is going on. Good leaders listen to those seeing the situation first hand.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you gentlemen for the video.

[@Blahblahyah]

That deer hunting analogy is perfect

[@espin7795]

Dude!!! You keep BRINGING IT with all your guests!!! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@marktorres3987]

Shaw has been killing it it’s amazing to see how fast he has grown

[@nicolep7241]

THE PROBLEM IS THAT, WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE GONE TO IRAQ.

[@matthewhunter6421]

Lol. Ok

[@jb-xc4oh]

No kidding....!!

[@joestalin2375]

Especially when they could have gotten Saddam like they tried Trump.

[@jeffr2643]

We were LIED into the pointless Iraq. Blessed are everyone that was crippled or maimed. Lost my hearing in one ear and...ah never mind

[@NCWoodlandRoamer]

@@jeffr2643I’m sorry that you and everyone else were there. The lies and then no consequences for their actions of starting such a completely pointless war are absolutely sickening. Again, I’m sorry you had to go through that. Peace to you.

[@CesarHerrera-i2h]

Great interview…love all your content.

[@esquire9445]

Yup, a swamp creature that never spent time over there made an uninformed decision

[@jamesborek8125]

Unless it was very very well informed 🤔

[@rpwbass]

So, you don't think there has to be any consideration to the hundreds of other ramifications that Prince and his trigger happy war tourists have ZERO clue about? Wow. Keep your head in the sand.

[@DBCOOPER888]

Everyone knew about Iran's involvement. He wasn't in the room when those decisions were made.

[@miniaturefarmer464]

Condoleezza Rice, what the Hell were you thinking?????

[@daveeng7004]

Glad I am hearing the truth about all this.

[@codranine6054]

Wow. I read his 5 page interview in vogue probably 15 years ago. Very interesting stuff. Really changes your outlook on things

[@MrBullet888]

Probably my favorite interview so far.

[@tdyblgm24]

O-H!

[@akshunexpress9369]

Would love to hear how those marines got them back and saved them from further desecration.

[@cryptojuicer]

Yeah that "thank God for the Marine Corps" went hard

[@johnscanlon2598]

They were the US Marines is how they got them back , the Marines unrestricted are nothing to fuck with , battle of Fallujah comes to mind

[@noname2-190]

Look, I'm not trying to shit talk our marines or the blackwater guys, but we probably got the bodies back because they left them hanging from the bridge when the crowd broke up and marines went into the area and took them down I doubt there was some huge battle over the act of getting the bodies back but the payback our military took on the city for that act was savage I'm sure

[@Jerome573]

@@johnscanlon2598 unrestricted just means shoot everything that moves which kills civilians and makes more insurgents

[@seanmarkovich7563]

@@johnscanlon2598 although Fallujah was an incredibly intense portion of the war, I don’t think the experience is looked back on fondly even in the marine corps annals

[@edwardbrianna9729]

I love the channel I put it on at work while I drive but this channel with the clips with the best stories from your best guest is awesome been showing all my friends

[@samvojtech1153]

A lot of Americans don't know about this man & too many people gave him a hard time. I keep him in my prayers. And also, Requiescate In Pace, Scott H.

[@beverlyeppinger1745]

I could listen to this podcast, like this all day.

[@PaulBoehm-r2u]

The highest level of warrior / protector in that room.

[@blazedank100]

i been locked into these cuts for the past week, good stuff Shawn I solute you and what you have done for us.

[@shortroundoifusmc1589]

March 31, 2004 changed my life. 5 days later I found myself assaulting Fallujah during the night.

[@tnwhiskey68]

We went as a QRF to that Columbian/Honduran/Spaniard compound to help the rescue. I was at BIAP, turning in equipment to rotate home when we got the call to head to Najaf within an hour. As soon as that was over, we repeated that process to Al Kut. Pretty wild time!

[@theunalivenetwork7067]

​@@tnwhiskey68 Same here. When we were forced to wear ineffective camouflage that gave away our position, I nearly disobeyed a direct order but I cowered and obeyed like a dog sadly. Our LGBTQ Unit had no business running through Iraq with Rainbow camouflage. It was a terrible war tactic and placed our men in harms way. They tried to appease the populace with supplies that included dildos of various sizes and that only stirred the pot of dissent. Those in charge need to face accountability. Whether Top or Bottom🇺🇲🏳️‍🌈💯

[@joestalin2375]

​@@tnwhiskey68 Thanks for your service buddy you rock ! 💯

[@Michael-qv5qo]

@@tnwhiskey68 was in the secon fight with fallujah 3/5 get some

[@QuisUtDeus828]

I was in baghdad from 06 - 07 and it was definitely not anything remotely peaceful. We were MPs not intantry and we were still getting into it at least once a week and my IP station was right outside the green zone. If you had to go into Sadr City for anything you were guaranteed to get into it. Just driving on route michigan / cardinals or route irish was bad. We had to QRF for blackwater a few times especially where tampa and irish met. It was a rough time

[@donfrance3]

RESPECT When the start of this was in Michigan ... I nearly applied because I was so interested to help (stuck in a Michigan office then) ... I just didn't have military qualifications. Shame how the organization did so much for USA and got hammered in Courts. When our guys need help they called this organization for "911" help and blackwater guys made a tremendous difference behind the scenes.

[@iammaximus614]

… Grateful to EP & His Team of Loyal Patriots & Operators! 🇺🇸🗽

[@DakarBlues]

His team of mercenaires, you mean?

[@SitBrigid]

⁠@@DakarBluesyup and glad we have them.

[@7204696]

lol patriots for billions of $$

[@YETICOPTER]

They’re mostly famous for committing atrocities that embarrassed the shit out of US Military and made their job harder than it needed to be. But sure, they’re loyal patriots… to their paycheck.

[@BirdDogey1]

I gained a lot of respect for your guest after listening to the whole interview.

[@erl1544]

The downfall of blackwater? They just changed their name to Xe. Lol

[@PierceMichaelChia]

Now Constellis Holdings

[@peterkoutros8190]

It really makes me sick that we sacrificed so much for that stupid war in Iraq... So many Americans lives.

[@warhammerarmaments]

Amen

[@Michael-qv5qo]

noo noo noo we sacrificed you set at home

[@NCWoodlandRoamer]

Very sickening and no consequences for Bush/Cheney. Absolutely disgusting and sickening.

[@peterkoutros8190]

@NCWoodlandRoamer The military industrial complex has a lot of power in America.. I supported President Bush in the beginning.. I thought Afghanistan was justified because it became a training camp for terrorism.. But Iraq made no sense at all...We destabilized the whole region..And like Trump said..and we didn't even keep the freaking oil!..I added the "freaking" :)

[@jasonbritt2497]

You could have stopped it back home. Americans didn’t have the back bone to demand what was right. They kept kicking the can down the road playing politics with our lives….. we can get pissed and riot when some talking head tells a lie on TV or we feel like we’ve been cheated but when it comes to us bleeding and being blow to pieces we’ll kick the can to the next slick tongue politician. You’ll let him tie our hands with unrealistic rules of engagement, let them throw us to Iraqi courts for nothing more than doing our jobs all because it doesn’t effect anyone it’s 3000 miles away, you can sleep at night. What do get? A hand shake and a “I appreciate your service” 😂😂 we are homeless, 22 a day taking their own lives, crap VA we can’t get help from, no job incentives for us, like we just wasted years of our lives. No one is out there screaming for us, no one is marching for us, we are on our own again ….. what kind of appreciation is that?

[@feal1980]

This was great. Currently following on the spooterfy now because of it. I've wanted to work for BW since I was a 1 striper so this was a great episode. Only gripe was when EP said gunships won't support day ops. They will, and have. I was on a dumb ass day drop for Afghan SOF back yunder and had an AC-130H and W overhead. I get his gripe with beuracracy, but there is more to it.

[@luciferslettuce]

Military awards are designed for the military not civilians in a private "military" company. Not sure why he was bothered by that. Lol

[@502outlaw2]

Thanks 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DarkArtsDeepDive]

Kind of crazy how all the men formed a militia and started killing the soldiers who invaded their country.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Guess you didn’t see all the videos of the people celebrating in the street when Saddam was toppled , the single worst idea that led to some of the population turning was Paul Bremmers dumb ass excluding all former Ba’ath party members from holding any position in government that was a serious mistake it left hundreds of thousands of trained men with nothing to do

[@jb-xc4oh]

Funny how everybody seems to forget that minor detail.

[@KabbalahSherry]

Exactly 😕💯

[@zulufucxs1373]

The same men who raped little boys and used women to create more fighters? The same men that prevented women from learning how to read and write and be a functional member of society? The same men that would send said women and children out with bombs strapped to them? The same men that would kill civilians that would aid foreign fighters when foreign forces would provide food and water to their villages and people? You mean those “men”. They’re cowards. Not men.

[@wesseljordaan7781]

Is that not what people in USA, Britain, France, Canada, Russia, Ukraine would do if they were invaded, I am South African and I can guarantee, that it would not be a happy stay for anyone, ask the Brits that 'invaded' South Africa between 1899 - 1901?

[@Sergio-gm4gv]

New to the channel, awesome

[@uratrick]

know why this is the number 1 podcast

[@Benny_From_NY]

I’ve heard some crazy stories from guys that have served and almost all of them have nothing good to say about black water

[@33moneyball]

Think about it this way….these guys were getting paid a tiny fraction of what the BW guys got. That colors every story they told you about a guy who saw a guy who worked with a guy.

[@julialane6645]

I have not heard bad stories from all the guys, because they do not speak.

[@soulshine8531]

@@33moneyballif they were getting a fraction of the BW guys why?? We fight wars we have no military for then hire expensive mercenaries to fight them?

[@travissteffel7431]

Blackwater charges a 10th of what a job does cost and uses a 1/10th of the man power. Milltary probably do need paid more, but people in charge dont want to use less because if they do, they get less.

[@happydappyman]

That's nice, the government knew what was going on and refused to save lives (or even further the mission) by stopping it. That's a classic move right there

[@paulnolen7651]

Great interview thank you for all your hard work keep it up

[@tnwhiskey68]

I remember that ammo drop on the roof in Najaf. We held a couple OPs on that building and the next building over and the hospital towered over the rear of the compound. The Spanish sniper rotated with the Columbian or Honduran sniper and they fired all that night.

[@Nosaveddataretro]

They should make a movie about Najaf

[@silverfoxtrot8297]

YOU WERE THERE TENN.? THIS IS SWAMP FOX IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TENN

[@11Bravo2Papa]

He couldn't remember the names of the first contractors killed. He called one of them "the SEAL."

[@jiaconis99]

Great interview Shawn (and Erik) - informative

[@davidhill8325]

I was in Nisour Square incident. It was wild.

[@CaliforniaDrive33]

The Legend- Erik Prince 👹

[@Dalpha64]

I can’t help getting the feeling that black water took unnecessary risks for money, been listening to Shawn and the stories from example seal teams are so much more planned and secure. I don’t troll or putting hate on black water but as a private company they are there to make money and the only way to do that is to take this risky operations. I’m pretty sure US Army and black water had different budgets to operate. To send 4 guys to protect a convoy of kitchens materials, the bad guys don’t know what’s on these trucks. I’m not meaning to throw blame on someone. R.I.P to all that sacrificed all

[@julialane6645]

Have you been a U.S. Solider & fought in War?

[@alanniederlitz8630]

Love your interviews

[@fjm1235]

Yet another in a very long list of examples of the federal govt unable to do anything successfully or even correctly.

[@Davest420]

It was so personal he couldn’t even remember his name

[@joshuabaker5712]

Yeah I noticed that too. Sad isn't it. He says these are the first men he had under his command yet can't remember their names?

[@LynxSwe]

Not remembering Scott Helvenstons name a fellow Seal and a fellow Blackwater brother in arms. Very strange, specially when this was such a blow for BW at that time.

[@slim176]

@@LynxSwei doubt he forgot his name. It probably has more to do with the fact that Scott Helvenston’s mother filed a wrongful death suite against Blackwater to which Blackwater responded with a 10 million dollar counter suite.

[@NicholasVincent-ol1zk]

Vincent Foster was a black gangster on GENERAL HOSPITAL did you know?

[@vegan-cannibal714]

I had an argument in an another videos comment section because I mentioned we don't leave our people behind. Someone tried to tell me sometimes it just wasn't a good answer. Why is it the military and vets are the only folks seem to get it? We will bring you home. Good idea or not your family will have the opportunity lay you to rest in what ever fashion they see fit.

[@TerpsNtacos]

WAR IS A RACKET. - General Smedley Butler, USMC 2x Medal of Honor

[@Giiiiiiiooooooooo]

Was 13 yrs old when this happened. After 9/11 and the beginning of the war in Iraq there it seemed like the war and this kind of news would never end. Many sleepless nights as a kid wondering what the hell was going on. Seeing Nick Berg be killed….all I wanted to do was enlist as soon as I hit 17! However, mom did manage to scare a few recruiters away. To whoever has served and is serving…THANK YOU!🙏🏼

[@lqdtrance]

I’m a veteran. Comments like this annoy. What are you thanking us for? Being lied to and invading a sovereign country? One that was not a threat to us? Let me guess, your freedoms?? Outside of whatever WWII veterans that are alive, not a soul has fought for your “freedom” as our country has never been under direct threat.

[@jimmyboudreau4207]

You are definitely most honored person I've was blessed meet

[@Jonathan-l4s]

In mid to late July, 03 is when we began to hear about violent events occurring around Iraq that did not make sense, roadside stuff, etc..

[@madmurdock2968]

After the 3rd of Infantry Division turned over these areas to the 1AD division, the Iraqis began a guerrilla War, stockpiling ammunition building roadside bombs, IEDs US forces were caught off guard, or unaware of the strength of the Iraqis who had gone Underground, organized and began a subversive campaign to attack the American forces beginning in July 2003, IEDs and attacks on American forces began to rise there are still a lot of arms and ammunition unaccountable especially sa7 missiles which took down that DHL airplane imagine patrolling in New York City with people everywhere occasional roadside bombs going off people shooting at you an RPGs flying hippie cam increasingly difficult to follow rules of engagement when you're attacked you don't know where the attack is coming from in the city it becomes increasingly difficult, things are calm and everything erupts into a wild fireflight

[@danielstrother2494]

@@madmurdock2968I agree that’s the narrative and really manifested in reality for the troops. Best believe that the string pullers that orchestrate these wars knew damn well all that would happen. Especially when they orchestrate all that too. The sad part is awesome men like you sacrifice your youth, health, and lives with faith in their government…just so some sick people can gain wealth and power. I know some may not agree with me (and maybe you), just understand I’m mad because I believe awesome patriotic men (like yourself)were used and lied to for evil reasons.

[@wes2393]

3:55 he’s talking about the infamous Travis Haley video

[@joefergerson5243]

Amazing stuff 😮

[@cacrowther2]

Typical government. Our men and women die for nothing while politicians sit comfortably at home. Total respect for our soldiers from me.

[@mikecubes1642]

look at who the politicians work for, its not for the american people. most of them are owned by a foreign country and its not china

[@GenralUtil]

99% of combat casualties are men .

[@WildWonderfulOutdoors]

Scott Halverson right?

[@callamastia]

dang he sounds like a good guy to work for

[@tracynewman5246]

Great American heroes thank you

[@stepturtle103]

I wanna sit down and talk with Eric Prince. Fucking legend

[@stuffeyemake6506]

kinda hard to feel sorry for him and his company when they had become their own private army . they got a bad rap from the fire fight , but it was only one of several incidents that had piled up against them . did you ask him why he had deployed troops on US soil after huricane katrnina without government approval ?

[@eomerofrohan4399]

There is another clip about that.

[@4America2024]

Who cares? No one else was doing anything.

[@ralphalvarez5465]

He's not asking anyone to feel sorry for him or his company. He's telling you that the Iranians have been begging for a fight with the US for decades. Of course, you skipped that part because it doesn't fit your private army narrative.

[@jb-xc4oh]

@@ralphalvarez5465 Its a fight the Americans started way back in 1953.

[@KabbalahSherry]

​@@ralphalvarez5465- Oh plz 🙄 Don't make excuses for this horrendous sh*t

[@gordonadams4793]

Once again, awesome podcast

[@SmackDiesel]

When a company is generating profit an not loosing money an its big profit marges they never usually down fall especially when its millions or billion on the table they usually jus change the name of tge LLC ON PAPER TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE A DIFFERENT COMPANY

[@MrMoTheMan]

WOW!! Very unsightful!!

[@MLGtroll365]

What about the guys that were hung on the bridge

[@AmericaFirstRifleman]

I don't trust anybody story

[@lestermarszalek6142]

Face book ambushed my comments we are not alowed to think for ourselfs we are out of ammo we are cancelled. No free thinking here .

[@nosrac95]

What are you even talking abotb

[@maskedspanishpinocchiodevi7934]

Sir this is KZbin

[@LOVEADONIMASHIACHYSHUA-up8rn]

GOD knows the truth I'm happy with that

[@gdubya83]

9th ESB 3d FSSG Feb-Sep 2006 in TQ. Semper Fi. We crossed paths with Black Water once when they were going toward Ramadi

[@stinkypinky6969]

Thank you for your service! Semper Fi

[@joemomma8573]

I was nearby when that went down... My brother-in-law, now ex bro-in-law was a blackwater contractor. I found out later after we both got home that he was part of that detail, ate breakfast with them, and only their assignment that day split the total group, and saved them from the ambush in Fallujah. We had just been ambushed there maybe a week earlier and had mass casualties, an IED in a public space, and all the routes into town sere red-lighted... they never should have been there with such a light force

[@scott5803]

That Erik Prince is a slick feller, ain't he?

[@denisehess3627]

Was just looking for a St. Michael medal not 10 minutes ago.

[@richardfiedler2201]

OUTSTANDING !!!! On every level

[@mjsoup29]

Why would the US government give medals or awards to non-government soldiers? These guys are independent contractors. Are they supposed to get awards even though they are not working for the government and getting paid from a private company? I don’t think so.

[@BladesRKing]

I was there in Iraq with the USCG. Umm Qasr in March of 2003. So, it was a year after the invasion the Fallujah incident occurred.

[@rachitron]

Woah.

[@ARMOR_MASTER]

Been there too 😂 No matter the threat, no matter the danger. Won’t back down!

[@yojuiceyo8727]

Op out opp

[@yojuiceyo8727]

😊

[@yojuiceyo8727]

P

[@mmburgess]

Such a man interview

[@wandernstan]

Good times. I remember it well. Good men.

[@deborah9229]

In what world does he live in where he believes that his men who are private contractors whom are being payed VERY GOOD money, why would they get awards meant for in listed soldiers and special forces? It is that kind of delusion that caused their downfall; they put themselves on the same level as enlisted men who were not getting paid $1k a day to do random stuff. That stuck out to me, that and when someone cannot stop moving their hands and will grab his own shin over and over or other little movements; that directly points to being untruthful at some level

[@MichaelSkelton]

Mercs. They want the power and responsibility of waging war on behalf of the U.S., but not the obligations that come along with wearing a uniform and reporting up to a CoC.

[@thmsmgnm.4513]

That is the way the .gov and DOD want it.

[@julialane6645]

Where did you receive your information from, CNN?

[@SBALL140en]

Nice content 💪🏾

[@Sam-nm8tx]

It was so personal he forgot names

[@mve9924]

4:13 gobble, gobble

[@leeorr9071]

Great man 😊

[@juancruiz007]

what is the main reason why went to Iraq and who is ultimately responsible for it? What can we do so that it never happens again?

[@xspindrift8737]

Money

[@jb-xc4oh]

Oil..!!

[@julialane6645]

9/11 & the attack on the U.S.A. & killing of over 3,000 people by Terrorist in Airplanes from the Middle East is why our Soldiers were in Iraq.

[@Rwnjthe1st]

They will welcome us as liberators!!

[@stephengrantham6877]

My stepson (former crew chief with 160th SOAR) spent four years in Iraq as a contractor with KBR. Knows exactly what it is like to get all the most dangerous missions, the least amount of support and no recognition. Blackwater was put in an impossible situation and was then hung out to dry - if we fully mobilized after 9/11, we could've had a million infantry in Iraq by 2004 and our problems would've been solved.

[@SLHJR0390]

They didn’t want commit to that. Where do you go after that ? Occupy forever

[@kehindebamgbopa3037]

21 years later and you still dont get it. No matter what you did, the Iraqis did mind their country being invaded. They would have resisted forever

[@ryanthomas6387]

This guy loves transmissions. You know what I mean

[@philhardwick100]

Wars would be so much shorter and cleaner, meaning less casualties, if the politicians would let the actual warriors do what they know is best and not force their inexperienced mandates into the mix.

[@Harlem1mentality]

😂😂😂 sure

[@moy6bandit]

St.Michael is stepping on Lucifer! What is he talking about demon lol

[@michaeltaylor8835]

It's called XE solutions now

[@lastmanstanding5338]

I’m sure blackwater’s downfall had nothing to do with their levels of corruption or them violating rules of engagement Sean.

[@derekv8534]

Yep. They basically had a blank government check and many of them were skimming off the top and stealing.

[@julialane6645]

They were a Private Company & not under Command of the Commander of Chief- President of the U.S. Obama ordered all U.S. Military not to fire weapons, unless fired upon first & many Soldiers lost their lives, arms & legs. You have no knowledge of War & the difference in Blackwater being a Private Company & not under rules of engagement of U.S. Commander of Chief-President. War is not pretty.

[@miniaturefarmer464]

You just answered your question. PMCs decide when to engage.

[@julialane6645]

@@lastmanstanding5338 Blackwater was a Private Company & not under the U.S. Military Rules of Engagement.

[@lastmanstanding5338]

@@julialane6645 I understand how they operates. Thank you for the input.

[@winstonsmith6204]

Bro that's Erick Prince

[@dvela713]

Which episode is this?

[@MrMikeV00]

Turns it into plasma 9:25. It melts through the armour at hypervelocity. They also used drain lids and concrete pipes. Shoot the drain lid straight through the bottom of a vehicle. Terrible things.

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

they're actually conical shape charges otherwise known as EFP(explosively formed penetrator)

[@MrMikeV00]

@Aaron-zu3xn You're talking about something different. Those also exist. Otherwise referred to as a shape charge. Or, if speaking about the tank munition, a HEAT round. Taliban did use drain lids packed with plenty of explosives to achieve the same effect also.

[@spore928]

Am I the only one who thinks the way this guy crosses his legs is weird?

[@4America2024]

He’s just very flexible.

[@rockyrocamontes8972]

C'mon, he can't remember the name of the Navy Seal who was killed. Scott Helvenston! That's pretty lame, Bruddah.