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‘Privatizing’ Afghanistan Into Disaster

‘Privatizing’ Afghanistan Into Disaster

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Aug 22, 2018
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The report that US President Donald Trump is showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the failing war in Afghanistan, ought to bring everybody up short.

The 49-year-old Prince is the brother of Betsy DeVos, who has made a depressing hash as Secretary of Education in the Trump administration. A former US Navy S…

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