In a May 17 appearance on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, Prince made the case for an Afghan force managed by a contracting company on behalf of the US
Daily Mail: Trump aides ask military contractors including man who founded Blackwater to help make policy for Afghanistan
* Jared Kushner, and another senior advisor, Steve Bannon, asked Erik Prince and Stephen Feinberg to help form an alternative defense strategy in Afghanistan
* Feinberg owns DynCorp International; Prince is the founder of Blackwater
* Blackwater is a lingering stain in the United States' occupation of Iraq.
* Pentagon is known to be considering a troop surge in the country where the US battled the Taliban for 16 years
* Prince has openly advocated for a contractor-based force in Afghanistan
* Sister is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos; his family donated millions to Trump
President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and another senior advisor, Steve Bannon, asked two military contractors, including the founder of Blackwater, to help form an alternative defense strategy in Afghanistan.
Kushner and Bannon asked Stephen Feinberg, the owner of DynCorp International, and Erik Prince, of Blackwater fame, to submit proposals on the use of contractors in place of US soldiers in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported.
The Pentagon is known to be considering a troop surge in the country where the US battled the Taliban for 16 years.
Bannon brought up the contractor approach to Defense Secretary James Mattis last Saturday, the Times reported, but the Pentagon chief was not interested.
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More News On Reports That The White House Has Asked Two Military Contractors To Help Form An Alternative Strategy For Afghanistan
Trump advisers sought alternative plans for Afghanistan from military contractors -- The Hill
Steve Bannon Wants Private Contractors to Set Strategy in Afghanistan -- The Slate
Blackwater founder Erik Prince wants America’s Afghanistan strategy outsourced -- Salon
Stephen Bannon wants to talk about using mercenaries to solve Afghanistan -- Quartz
Steve Bannon is right on Afghanistan -- Dan DePetris, Nasdaq/Reuters
'Lunacy': Trump Aides Sought Afghanistan Advice From Notorious War Profiteers -- Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
This Afghan War Plan By The Guy Who Founded Blackwater Should Scare The Hell Out Of You -- Adam Weinstein, Task & Purpose
