Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare | Sean McFate

Can 6,500 mercenaries "fix" Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare.

- The West has stopped winning wars because it still operates on WWII strategies, says Sean McFate. Poor strategy results in so-called 'forever wars'.

- To end the nearly 20-year-long war in Afghanistan, the U.S. is considering replacing all U.S. troops with Blackwater mercenaries.

- Why is that so dangerous? Because this is what the future looks like when you resurrect privatized warfare.

Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University's Centre for Technology and Global Affairs, as well as a professor of strategy at the National Defense University and Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, including Shadow War, The Modern Mercenary, and most recently The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder (https://amzn.to/2OIlwbp)

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