The War on Terror: The Prince of War & A bunch of sexy, badass patriots - oder auch: US-government considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008
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A bunch of sexy, badass patriots
Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror, by Erik Prince.
Reviewed by Pepe Escobar
It's the late 1990s' Clinton boom-boom years. You are a young millionaire US patriot with a Navy SEAL background. What are you gonna do? You invest in a badass private army start-up and you go fight "terra, terra, terra" across Dar al Islam. A single owner; no pesky stockholders; no board of directors; no government bureaucracy. You can be "nimble and aggressive". You become - literally - the Prince of War. What's not to like?
This is Erik Prince's My Way, told with some measure of "contract humor" and the obligatory pious references to a "life's mission" to
"serve God, family and the United States"; this is the inside story of how Blackwater turned into "something resembling its own branch of the military" and "the ultimate tool in the war on terror". In the manner of Audi extolling the merits of Vorsprung Durch Technik, Prince hails it as a "proud tale of performance excellence and driven entrepreneurialism".
No question; God may be great, but he would certainly eschew a perpetual photo-op at the roof of the Sistine Chapel to be able to toy with such an awesome PMC (private military contractor). Prince, by the way, is ballsy enough to - correctly - depict Cristobal Colon, aka Columbus, in 1492 as a pioneering PMC.... - Lesebefehl!
PS: Möglicherweise haben Mandela und der ANC Glück gehabt, dass die Privatisierung der Kriegführung und der counter-insurgency noch nicht so weit war, sonst hätte Blackwater dem Spear of the Nation den Garaus gemacht. Immerhin: US government considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008:
From the White House to the halls of Congress, U.S. government officials have responded to the death of Nelson Mandela with a hail of testimonials to the late South African president’s leadership in the struggle for freedom and human rights.
Until five years ago, however, the U.S. officially considered Mandela a terrorist. During the Cold War, both the State and Defense departments dubbed Mandela’s political party, the African National Congress, a terrorist group, and Mandela’s name remained on the U.S. terrorism watch list till 2008...
Terrorism watch list 2013: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron ('Happiness in times of moral nihilism'), Danish P.M. Helle Thorning Schmidt and U.S. President Barack Obama at a memorial service in South Africa for Nelson Mandela 10/12/2013 via If Charlie Parker ... So Loathsome I Could Cry (!!)
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Wichtiger als die twitter-Aufregung ob des Photos: Obamas Pathos (s. o. Schloemann) ist ebenso abscheulich wie hohl und verlogen:
"Mandela hat uns die Kraft und Macht der Tat und der Ideen gezeigt", sagte Obama. Der Südafrikaner habe die Sprache seiner Unterdrücker gelernt, um sich besser mit ihnen verständigen zu können. Für ein großes Ziel sei er Kompromisse eingegangen. "Für das Volk Südafrikas, für alle, die er weltweit inspiriert hat, ist es Zeit zu trauern, aber auch sich selbst zu reflektieren." Auch er stelle sich nun die Frage, wie er Mandelas Lehren in seinem Leben angewandt habe. "Wir werden ihn zutiefst vermissen. Möge Gott das Volk Südafrikas segnen."
Standing Ovations erhielt Obama auch von den früheren US-Präsidenten George W. Bush und Bill Clinton ...
... who considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008!!
30 Photographs of Nelson Mandela with Famous People
A bunch of sexy, badass patriots
Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on Terror, by Erik Prince.
Reviewed by Pepe Escobar
It's the late 1990s' Clinton boom-boom years. You are a young millionaire US patriot with a Navy SEAL background. What are you gonna do? You invest in a badass private army start-up and you go fight "terra, terra, terra" across Dar al Islam. A single owner; no pesky stockholders; no board of directors; no government bureaucracy. You can be "nimble and aggressive". You become - literally - the Prince of War. What's not to like?
This is Erik Prince's My Way, told with some measure of "contract humor" and the obligatory pious references to a "life's mission" to
"serve God, family and the United States"; this is the inside story of how Blackwater turned into "something resembling its own branch of the military" and "the ultimate tool in the war on terror". In the manner of Audi extolling the merits of Vorsprung Durch Technik, Prince hails it as a "proud tale of performance excellence and driven entrepreneurialism".
No question; God may be great, but he would certainly eschew a perpetual photo-op at the roof of the Sistine Chapel to be able to toy with such an awesome PMC (private military contractor). Prince, by the way, is ballsy enough to - correctly - depict Cristobal Colon, aka Columbus, in 1492 as a pioneering PMC.... - Lesebefehl!
PS: Möglicherweise haben Mandela und der ANC Glück gehabt, dass die Privatisierung der Kriegführung und der counter-insurgency noch nicht so weit war, sonst hätte Blackwater dem Spear of the Nation den Garaus gemacht. Immerhin: US government considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008:
From the White House to the halls of Congress, U.S. government officials have responded to the death of Nelson Mandela with a hail of testimonials to the late South African president’s leadership in the struggle for freedom and human rights.
Until five years ago, however, the U.S. officially considered Mandela a terrorist. During the Cold War, both the State and Defense departments dubbed Mandela’s political party, the African National Congress, a terrorist group, and Mandela’s name remained on the U.S. terrorism watch list till 2008...
Terrorism watch list 2013: U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron ('Happiness in times of moral nihilism'), Danish P.M. Helle Thorning Schmidt and U.S. President Barack Obama at a memorial service in South Africa for Nelson Mandela 10/12/2013 via If Charlie Parker ... So Loathsome I Could Cry (!!)
loathsome {adj}
abscheulich
ekelhaft
verabscheuenswert
widerlich
eklig
Wichtiger als die twitter-Aufregung ob des Photos: Obamas Pathos (s. o. Schloemann) ist ebenso abscheulich wie hohl und verlogen:
"Mandela hat uns die Kraft und Macht der Tat und der Ideen gezeigt", sagte Obama. Der Südafrikaner habe die Sprache seiner Unterdrücker gelernt, um sich besser mit ihnen verständigen zu können. Für ein großes Ziel sei er Kompromisse eingegangen. "Für das Volk Südafrikas, für alle, die er weltweit inspiriert hat, ist es Zeit zu trauern, aber auch sich selbst zu reflektieren." Auch er stelle sich nun die Frage, wie er Mandelas Lehren in seinem Leben angewandt habe. "Wir werden ihn zutiefst vermissen. Möge Gott das Volk Südafrikas segnen."
Standing Ovations erhielt Obama auch von den früheren US-Präsidenten George W. Bush und Bill Clinton ...
... who considered Nelson Mandela a terrorist until 2008!!
30 Photographs of Nelson Mandela with Famous People
gebattmer - 2013/12/10 18:19
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