According to Pakistan's "National News" reported on June 5438+03, US President Trump ordered a strategic assessment of the current situation in Afghanistan after taking office on June 5438+0 this year. Trump said last Thursday that he would soon announce his decision on how to make progress in this war-torn country. "I took over a mess, but we will greatly reduce the level of chaos there," he said. In this regard, eric prince, the founder and former CEO of Blackwater Company, suggested that about 5,500 private contractors should take the task of training Afghan soldiers instead of the US troops stationed in Afghanistan, and with the support of about 90 planes, they should fight side by side with Afghan soldiers. In addition, the plan will also appoint an "omnipotent American governor"-he will report to the US president and play a role similar to MacArthur in post-war Japan.
Prince's planned annual expenditure is less than $654.38+0 billion, far less than the $45 billion planned to maintain the military presence in Afghanistan in 2065.438+07. Prince claimed that he got a positive opinion from Bannon, the chief adviser of the General Administration, but the Pentagon reacted coldly. Prince admitted that McMaster, the president's national security adviser from the military, and Matisse, the defense minister, were not enthusiastic about his proposal.
The "privatization" of the war in Afghanistan has also raised questions from members of the US Congress. "I believe in our generals, but I don't believe in entrusting contractors to formulate national defense policies," the Watson Post quoted * * * and Graham, a senator from the party.
Even colleagues expressed distrust. Sean McFatt, the author of Modern Mercenaries who once worked as a military contractor in Africa, told AFP that Prince's proposal was extremely dangerous and stupid, and private contractors in Afghanistan would inevitably be involved in the massacre of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater in September 2007. The strongest opposition comes from Afghanistan. According to Tolo News Network in Afghanistan, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai severely criticized this, saying that if the responsibility for war is entrusted to private companies under the control of the US government, it will obviously infringe on Afghanistan's national sovereignty.