United Arab Emirates Hires Blackwater Founder

The Takeaway

Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide has found work for his new company, Reflex Responses, helping to build a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates. There are questions about the legality about such a project –  an American training foreign soldiers without the U.S.’s approval.  Kateri Carmola, an associate professor of political philosophy at Middlebury College in Vermont, explains why this is such an explosive move.

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