Former Blackwater Mercenary

Episode 129 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Former Blackwater Mercenary

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Morgan Lerette, a former mercenary with the private military company Blackwater in Iraq. They discuss the mechanics and geopolitics of PMCs.

GUEST
→ https://x.com/BlackwaterDude1 (Morgan Lerette on Twitter)
→ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7P83DL6 (Guns, Girls, and Greed: I Was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq)

WATCHMAN PRIVACY
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

CRYPTO DONATIONS
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero)
→https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Timeline
00:00 – Introduction
1:50 – How do people react to your former occupation?
3:00 – Fallujah
3:50 – Relation to higher-ups at Blackwater
5:50 – Blackwater enticements
8:00 – Blackwater world-class facilities
11:12 – Diplomatic immunity
16:25 – Any personal consequences of being a mercenary?
17:30 – Do PMC employees have to be of the same country of origin as the company?
20:10 – Lerette’s big picture views of PMCs as their role in the world
23:50 – Rapid Fire
25:00 – High suicide rates for mercenaries
25:55 – Utopian view of PMC proponents
29:10 – Mistaken reasons to be in Iraq and Afghanistan; culture ignorance
33:40 – Origins of human violence
38:00 – Equipment as a mercenary
42:10 – How to run your own PMC
44:00 – Getting mind ready for daily conflict
46:05 – Mercenaries vs traditional military
50:00 – Reflections from military intelligence
54:00 – Final thoughts