Just exactly who is Erik Prince anyway?

Okay, we all now know that Erik Prince (photo on the left) is the multi-multi-millionaire and right-wing Christian Evangelist (ultra-conservative Roman Catholic) who founded Blackwater--and the Prince Group--more than a decade ago. But just what exactly is his goal and is it really in the best interests of the United States of America to have the likes of Erik Prince's mercenary forces replacing the United States Marines in sensitive combat roles in Iraq?

When President Dwight Eisenhower, a distinguished general and Supreme Allied Commander in his own right, and yes, a conservative Republican of a past era, ended his term of office as President, he warned the American people in his farewell address of "the dangers of the military-industrial complex." Blackwater today, if anything, is a model of this exact relationship, and I think we should now seriously realize that President Eisenhower's warning was all too real.