http://mises.org/Community/blogs/radicalidealism/archive/2008/10/22/government-fails-at-the-basics-too.aspxThe private military contractor Blackwater &ldquo; has sent a private sector warship equipped with helicopters to the Gulf of Aden , and is offering its services to shipowners concerned with Somali pira cy. &ldquo; Blackwater Worldwide executive viceenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)http://mises.org/Community/blogs/radicalidealism/archive/2008/10/22/government-fails-at-the-basics-too.aspx#62374Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:44:55 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:62374Rad Schneider<p>I know the President of Blackwater (Erik Prince). His family&#39;s home is right down the street from mine. I served him at the Restaurant I worked at. Nice fellow. He loved the service I gave him and his wife. I didn&#39;t bother letting him know that I knew who he was. I wanted him to enjoy his meal. He had an older man who is a Marine that was talking to him and buying him drinks.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=62374" width="1" height="1">http://mises.org/Community/blogs/radicalidealism/archive/2008/10/22/government-fails-at-the-basics-too.aspx#59903Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:55:45 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:59903Rubén<p>Perhaps this story is the dawn of a new era of specific military issues that will begin to be solved case by case privately, unless the big world war III screws everything up first</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://mises.org/Community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59903" width="1" height="1">