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Erik Prince hits back at Biden, says Blackwater contractors rescued him

[NYP] Erik Prince, the co-founder of defense contractor Blackwater, is responding after the White House took a shot at him for offering to fly people out of Afghanistan on charter flights for $6,500 a seat — recalling that his contractors once rescued Biden from Taliban territory.
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Prince, a former Navy SEAL, added that the Biden administration’s bungling of the evacuation operation and the president’s refusal to extend the deadline have "shattered the confidence" of America’s allies.

"So we have shattered the confidence of our European allies and every other ally around the world that America depends, whether you’re a CIA agent trying to recruit somebody to work for you or whether you’re a country that America wants you to compete with — to side with us versus something that the Chinese want — it will definitely figure into people’s thinking how quickly America abandoned its friends in Afghanistan and left in such a horribly chaotic and clumsy manner," Prince told Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in an interview Wednesday night.

He also pointed out that Blackwater soldiers had to rescue Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel when they got lost in a snowstorm in 2008.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-30 08:12|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 We'd all be better off if Prince hadn't rescued those three fools.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2021-08-30 08:40|| 2021-08-30 08:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ True

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-30 09:09|| 2021-08-30 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 the Biden rescue was in Feb 2008

not really 'lost in snowstorm' - the helicopter carrying the VIPs chose to land rather than flying through the snowstorm

of course in the fall campaign, Biden pretended that he had faced hostile fire in various speeches

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-08-30 11:38|| 2021-08-30 11:38|| Front Page Top

#4 "Run serpentine!" seems to occur frequently in the Dem's made-up history

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-30 12:41|| 2021-08-30 12:41|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 Are you suggesting a shortage of fools?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-30 12:42|| 2021-08-30 12:42|| Front Page Top

#6 No there's plenty of them, g(r)om. They just don't recognize each other as such.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-08-30 16:44|| 2021-08-30 16:44|| Front Page Top

#7 You're addressing the general, Mullah. I was referring to the specific claim made by Too Old "We'd all be better off if Prince hadn't rescued those three fools." That is, IMO, some other fool would take Joe's place - and nobody would notice any difference.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-08-30 16:50|| 2021-08-30 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 "Just read Fukuyama." "Too cool!
Though I wonder, my dude, who should rule
As we rest on our laurels,
Investing in quarrels
And pestilence?" "King and Queen Fool!"

Posted by Thuling McGurque7901 2021-08-30 23:50|| 2021-08-30 23:50|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Regalia of the Saturnalia, or, Everyday Sheeple. Or, what the hell, something for everybody: War on Christmas?

Posted by Thuling McGurque7901 2021-08-30 23:57|| 2021-08-30 23:57|| Front Page Top

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