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Collateral Damage
America has a ticking time bomb on its workforce. Think about the impact that would occur when this ticking time bomb goes off. The United States has several groups of privatized military men that engage in military tactics and security around the world. Where collateral fallout and world conflict arise, the privatized military group known as Frontier Resource Group conducts military missions. Mercenary, Erik Prince, founder of the privatized military organization known as Frontier Resource Group, used his navy seal background and information obtained from the CIA to carry out his own reconnaissance missions. War-torn countries like Somalia, South Sudan, and central Africa are just a few countries that Frontier Resource group left devastated with the clear objective that Prince is a war profiteer. Erik Prince integrates his own military evaluations, war tactic, and analysis, to inflict harm and sell firearms to enemies in devastated war-torn countries.
Building roads and investing in airstrips for some of the poorest regions in Africa seems like a legitimate business turn around for a war profiteer like Erik Prince. Recently, Prince made a 105 million dollar deal with Citic, an advertising firm based in Hong Kong, for transporting equipment and provided security in and around some of Africa’s most dangerous region (Feith). Frontier Resource Group planned operations in specific geographical locations to restrict opposition and create a buffer zone against any perceived enemy. In Africa, China has the most workers abducted by Sudanese army rebels. China’s business and economic developments in Africa have left workers vulnerable to kidnappings and extortion. China paid out millions last year to free worke...

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