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Blackwater Super-Patriot chooses Abu Dhabi over America
by David Waldman
Fri Aug 20, 2010 at 06:00:04 PM PDT
The NYT reports today what Jeremy Scahill reported in The Nation two months ago -- Super-Duper Awesome America Guy and Blackwater founder Erik Prince has found it more convenient to make his home in the Middle Eastern Emirate of Abu Dhabi than the good ol' U. S. of A.
When Scahill first reported the story in June, he speculated thus:
If Prince's rumored future move is linked to concerns over possible indictment, the United Arab Emirates would be an interesting choice for a new homeparticularly because it does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
The Times offered up this much more low-key (but equally damning) quote:
He needs a break from America, said one colleague, speaking only on the condition of anonymity about Mr. Princes long-rumored move.
It's... interesting, to say the least, to see someone I would have considered a card-carrying member of the "America! Love it or leave it!" crowd actually opt to... leave it. But maybe I'm wrong in my assumption. Or maybe the shine comes off of America once you're richer and better armed than the country itself. It would explain a lot, anyway.
On the upside, I guess, here's a guy who's not afraid to have a mosque in his neighborhood
Link:
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
by David Waldman
Fri Aug 20, 2010 at 06:00:04 PM PDT
The NYT reports today what Jeremy Scahill reported in The Nation two months ago -- Super-Duper Awesome America Guy and Blackwater founder Erik Prince has found it more convenient to make his home in the Middle Eastern Emirate of Abu Dhabi than the good ol' U. S. of A.
When Scahill first reported the story in June, he speculated thus:
If Prince's rumored future move is linked to concerns over possible indictment, the United Arab Emirates would be an interesting choice for a new homeparticularly because it does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.
The Times offered up this much more low-key (but equally damning) quote:
He needs a break from America, said one colleague, speaking only on the condition of anonymity about Mr. Princes long-rumored move.
It's... interesting, to say the least, to see someone I would have considered a card-carrying member of the "America! Love it or leave it!" crowd actually opt to... leave it. But maybe I'm wrong in my assumption. Or maybe the shine comes off of America once you're richer and better armed than the country itself. It would explain a lot, anyway.
On the upside, I guess, here's a guy who's not afraid to have a mosque in his neighborhood
Link:
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
