# Will Erik Prince be charged with War Crimes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 4, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359 "2009-08-04T23:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/61 "2009-08-07T19:02:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That wasn’t remotely true when we squandered the opportunity to hold Nixon accountable, and it isn’t true with Bush the Lesses. Severe damage has already been done to the United States. Accountability and atonement are what we need to begin the repair, not the other thing. He’s out of office, what exactly will this do other than make you feel better? Anyway, this thread is about Blackwater not Bush hatecrush onanism. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/62 "2009-08-07T19:18:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That wasn’t remotely true when we squandered the opportunity to hold Nixon accountable, and it isn’t true with Bush the Lesses. Severe damage has already been done to the United States. Accountability and atonement are what we need to begin the repair, not the other thing. This. It’ letting Bush and Nixon slip away without punishment that has done the damage, and all but guarantees even more disaster down the road. We’ve made it quite clear that Republican Presidents are above the law. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/63 "2009-08-07T19:35:08Z")
Yeah, instead we should be sending CIA agents and Congressional aides subpoenas all so a few liberals can have some peace of mind. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/64 "2009-08-08T04:02:21Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > He probably won’t even get that. Like all evil villains, he’ll slip away at the last minute in his rocket ship, white cat in tow, to fight another day. I have a deaf white cat who is made of 100% activated-carbon-purified Grade-A evil. I would be willing to send Cuthbert along. The villain will be surrendering within _hours_. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/65 "2009-08-08T04:54:36Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I love how you guys are so into getting Bush that you don’t even consider the irreperable damage it would do to the United States. Every President knows things that would make your blood curdle. You think Bush would pull an “if I go down, the country’s going down with me” thing? What a patriot he must be. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/66 "2009-08-08T05:11:08Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Bush hatecrush onanism. Heh, clever phrase. There certainly are people who get very…_excited_… when they think about how much they hate him. (I wonder how much they’d pay for Bush hate-porn? I’m pretty good with Photoshop…) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/67 "2009-08-08T05:17:46Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Have you recently had a stroke? I’m not familiar with our posting, but you’re acting utterly bizarre in this thread. I think he’s probably drunk. I doubt he meant ill by anything he said. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/68 "2009-08-08T06:22:29Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Yeah, instead we should be sending CIA agents and Congressional aides subpoenas all so a few liberals can have some peace of mind. :rolleyes: Oh, please. Do you really think that Nixon’s non-punishment wasn’t in the back of Bush’s mind the whole time? He knew that he could do anything without fear, and look at the results. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/69 "2009-08-08T08:54:11Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I think he’s probably drunk. I doubt he meant ill by anything he said. You are spot on mate,Iwas drunk as a skunk,apologies to anyone I unwittingly offended. Now to check ant other threads I might have posted on. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/70 "2009-08-08T09:00:33Z")
Lust, I am going to be in England this coming March; could we arrange to meet somewhere in London or wherever you are? I will be staying in Oxford but traveling all over. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2009, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/71 "2009-08-08T09:33:36Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > That’s not the topic up for discussion. Nothing new can come from talking about how much we hate the Bush administration. The Obama administration isn’t bombing people in Afghanistan? Anyway, hijack over, back to Prince. I’d need a lot more than the word of two disgruntled ex-employees before I condemned a man out of hand. I’ll reserve judgment. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/72 "2009-08-09T22:40:30Z")
[http://blackwaterbook.com/](http://blackwaterbook.com/) The first expose of Blackwater ,that I encountered, was this Scahill book. Blackwater has a terrible reputation, but is well connected and hard to kill. But it is not about 2 ex employees. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359/73 "2009-08-11T15:58:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You think Bush would pull an “if I go down, the country’s going down with me” thing? What a patriot he must be. That’s not what was suggested. What was suggested was that he be required to spill his guts about everything. If Bush spilled his guts about everything the entire country would go down. That’s just the natural result of pulling apart all of a President’s decisions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-erik-prince-be-charged-with-war-crimes/505359.md?page=3)