TRUMP POLICY SHIFT FOR AFGHANISTAN

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>according to a report published by USAToday, that's exactly what President Donald Trump is considering doing with the war in Afghanistan, which has now gone on for nearly 16 years. Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL and founder of Blackwater USA—now known as Academi—has pitched the plan, which would turn over the U.S. military advisory and training missions of local Afghan forces to private contractors.
>>Under the proposal, 5,500 private contractors, primarily former Special Operations troops, would advise Afghan combat forces. The plan also includes a 90-plane private air force that would provide air support in the nearly 16-year-old war against Taliban insurgents, Erik Prince, founder of the Blackwater security firm, told USA TODAY. The unprecedented proposal comes as the U.S.-backed Afghan military faces a stalemate in the war and growing frustration by President Trump about the lack of progress in the war.

>The report also states the plan would carry a price tag of about $10 billion a year, compared to the $40 billion the Pentagon is currently spending. But, there would be the question of how to ensure the new plan doesn't become another open-ended engagement, albeit at a substantially lower cost than is currently being expended. Meanwhile, The Military Times is reporting the aviation component of the plan would actually be conducted by a company called Lancaster6, which is led by Christiaan Durrant, an ex-Australian Air Force pilot. Previously, Durrant served as operations director of Prince's FSG. He also previously ran the "special aviation services" component of FSG known as EP Aviation, which has been operating in the conflict zone in Central Africa.

http://www.trunews.com/article/president-considers-privatizing-war-in-afghanistan

Where were you when Trump decided to actually win the war in Afghanistan and reduce costs all across the board?