"the latest effort by President Joe Biden’s administration to release U.S. intelligence findings about Russian activity involving Ukraine as part of a concerted push to expose and influence the moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin." apnews.com/article/russia…
How does one take a "shady" trip to a sunny island? thedailybeast.com/how-i-uncovere…
This handy chart is missing the late Paul Behrends' a former Marine officer who supposedly tripped and fell on his head getting out of his car and died in his driveway. Described as "the man in the center". politico.com/magazine/story… 
Accordingly to a close friend, Erik Prince went to Russia on his honeymoon with his first wife. As a kid his father took a van trip to the Berlin Wall and warned Erik on the dangers of Russia. Erik likes to compare Trabants to Mercedes. Kids never learn. theintercept.com/2020/04/13/eri…
Ukraine is not Russia but a surprisingly number of Trump-friendly people were working hard to get Russia-friendly officials back in power. Anyone read that book about the Trojan Horse thingey? time.com/6076035/erik-p…
A true mercenary fights for the dollar, not the flag. A libertarian like Erik should come out of the closet and admit that market forces dictate that with fighting for all sides is absolutely the best financial endstate. theintercept.com/2021/12/02/eri…
Erik was so close. Imagine charging $5B to kill the Taliban and then Donald bolts, leaving Lancaster 6 to bill the Taliban for the unpaid bills. You could argue that mercenaries would kill talibs more efficiently and profitably. Expect billing problems nbcnews.com/news/military/…
Erik pimped Haftar (who he insists he doesn't know) and then shit the bed on the big push. Haftar brought in Wagner. Russians are cheaper. And disposable. Now that Haftar is still in running around Libya will Erik get a discount reach around? theintercept.com/2021/10/30/fbi…
Libya is infested with mercs. Janjaweed (the group Prince set up his first merc company to fight) Syrians, Russians, Chadians, ISIS and more. But it is not just Libya. atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasour…
Mercenaries are used by Russia, China, Turkey, Syria etc fight squabbles and protect assets. Not just Wagner, now in over a dozen countries in Africa but anywhere a weak nation wants to limit political risk and project power. Do normal armies work anymore? warontherocks.com/2019/01/chinas…
Cabo Delgado was crowded with mercs expecting contracts to kill ISIS. Moz went with government troops from Rwanda instead. Things are going well but Total is still not back at work. Can governments save the day? africanarguments.org/2022/02/rwanda…
The French are tired of chasing bandits in the Sahara. A vast place with no "win" with no political or economic benefits. ISIS is already inside Paris. Macron has decided to let the Russians bleed into the sand. Putin denies this. usnews.com/news/world/art…
The kicker is that Wagner may appear to be "Russian" but like any mercenary operation they are for rent to the highest bidder. Always sell the most precious thing to the richest people who need it the most. The UAE. trtworld.com/africa/pentago…
The UAE is private fiefdom in the style of the ancient city state that needs mercenaries to do their dirty work. A family business in the business of remaining a family business at any cost.buzzfeednews.com/article/aramro…
It's not a coincidence that louche-like city states needed mercenaries to squabble with neighbors. Despite buying hand made armor and nice horses they don't have the stroke to war properly. This guy Niccolò Machiavelli wrote the book on fuckery. weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/03/25/mac…
Mercenaries are not just "military" but can be intelligence, PR, NGOs and other soft power players. The more tools in the mercenary basket, the more Machievellian your fuckery. reuters.com/article/us-usa…
UAE Fanboy turned indicted frontman Tom Barrack promised "a soft sensuality" to Trump's inauguration. An event choked with dirty money, dodgey players and quid pro quo whores. You get to write your own jokes on this one. abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
A mercenary does unsavory, underhanded and often unpatriotic things for money. I think it is fair to describe what Trump did against Ukraine as favorable to Putin. Can he be included on the list of "things that benefited Putin?" Machivelli had standards. cnn.com/2019/11/17/pol…
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