The Man Behind Blackwater

摘要

Epik prince likes to point out that out that in lafayette papk, across from the White House, stand the statues of four military officers who helped whip the ragtag Continental Army into shape to defeat the British in the Revolutionary War. Prince can quote the inscription under the statue of Gen. Wilhelm von Steuben, who trained George Washington's troops at Valley Forge, Pa.: "He gave military training and discipline to the citizen soldiers who achieved the independence of the United States." The private soldiers employed by Prince'scompany, Blackwater USA, to protect American officials in Iraq are in a "noble tradition," Prince tells newsweek. Indeed, at Blackwater, Lafayette Park is jokingly called "Contractor Park."