Blackwater to Replace U.S. Troops in Syria?

Date: 19 January 2019 - 21:38

News ID: ۶۲۲۴۵

WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- The founder of an infamous private military company says American troops in Syria could be replaced with mercenaries after a planned drawdown ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Fox Business, Erik Prince, who founded Blackwater now called Academi, welcomed Trump's Syria pullout decision, adding, however, that the U.S. allies should not be abandoned in the war-torn country. "The United States doesn’t have a long-term strategic obligation to stay in Syria. But, I also think it’s not a good idea to abandon our allies,” he said.