The Biden administration is scrambling to get Americans and our Afghan allies out of Afghanistan after the recent withdrawal of U.S. troops resulted in the fundamentalist Taliban regime overtaking the presidential palace of Kabul and retaking Afghanistan in the wake of the Afghan government's collapse.
Fearful of the Taliban's retaliation and aggression, thousands are inundating the Kabul International Airport, desperate for a flight out before the withdrawal date the Taliban is enforcing at the end of the month.
Enter Erik Prince.
Prince was the founder and CEO of Blackwater, a private military company whose stock price has soared in the 20 years since the war in Afghanistan began. Before Prince sold the company in 2010, Blackwater reached a high that was nearly six times greater than its original price. That number has since become almost 25 times greater.
But apparently Prince—who is also the brother of Trump-era Education Secretary Betsy DeVos—isn't content with his paltry $2 billion net worth. After decades of reaping profits from a war that killed hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and Afghan civilians, Prince is now exploiting their desperation to escape by charging exorbitant amounts for flights out of Kabul, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Prince is demanding $6,500 per seat, or 0.00000000325 percent of his net worth, from Americans and Afghans scrambling to escape to safety.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki excoriated Prince for his greed and heartlessness.
Watch below.
Psaki on Erik Prince: I don\u2019t think any human being with a heart and soul would support efforts to profit off of people\u2019s agony and pain as they\u2019re trying to depart a country and fearing for their livespic.twitter.com/ABCyvlRtTZ— Acyn (@Acyn) 1629922318
Psaki told reporters:
"I don't think any human being with a heart and soul would support efforts to profit off of people's agony and pain as they're trying to depart a country and fearing for their lives."
She was met with widespread agreement.
God, I admire her poise and patience.— Logan (@Logan) 1629922451
Psaki: Erik Prince is heartless and soulless. \n\nGood for her.— SheBear (@SheBear) 1629923026
She is not messing around, I like her work.— Pamela Barone (@Pamela Barone) 1629923600
Meanwhile, Prince continues to be the most reviled person on the internet at the moment.
Wherever there's an opportunity to profiteer in a war zone, you'll find Erik Princehttps://twitter.com/DionNissenbaum/status/1430478504710348802\u00a0\u2026— Evan Sutton (@Evan Sutton) 1629915591
Yes it is our favorite war criminal, sadistic creep and mass murderer. Erik Prince of Blacwater aka Academi mercenaries (brother of Nazi asshole bastard Betsy DeVos). \n\nErik will capitalize on any tragedy by cashing out. Selling seats at $6,500 dollars to fly out the richesthttps://twitter.com/DionNissenbaum/status/1430478504710348802\u00a0\u2026— Tomi Ahonen Selling Seats For 6,500 Cans Of Goya (@Tomi Ahonen Selling Seats For 6,500 Cans Of Goya) 1629907404
He was a demon when he headed Blackwater; he is still a demon. What an evil nan.https://twitter.com/DionNissenbaum/status/1430478504710348802\u00a0\u2026— HawaiiDelilah\u2122 -- Fully Vaxxed -- (@HawaiiDelilah\u2122 -- Fully Vaxxed --) 1629909804
I can think of few clearer indictments of the 'morality' of capitalism than Erik Prince charging $6,500-a-seat for people trying to escape Afghanistan— Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (@Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler) 1629905245
A new day, a new way for Erik Prince to solidify his position seated at the right hand of Satanhttps://twitter.com/dionnissenbaum/status/1430478504710348802\u00a0\u2026— Coward\u2019s Ratio (@Coward\u2019s Ratio) 1629908880
What an absolute horrific excuse for a human being\u2014- but I\u2019m not surprised. https://twitter.com/dionnissenbaum/status/1430478504710348802\u00a0\u2026— Jamie- Faithful to the Bay \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc (@Jamie- Faithful to the Bay \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc) 1629909310
Court documents reveal that a former employee of Prince's said he "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe."
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