On September 16, 2007, seventeen Iraqi civilians were killed in an incident involving contractors working for Blackwater. Years later, in 2020, the men involved in Nisour Square were pardoned by President Trump. Eric Parker was with the Tactical Support Team when this took place and gives us the inside story of what really went down. Eric's background includes being a Army special operations veteran with a deployment to Mogadishu, Somalia, contracting with Blackwater in Afghanistan, and then working in Diplomatic Security Service. He is now the President of Red Variable Concepts - http://www.red-variable.com/ and the Founder of Select-International Training Institute http://www.the-select-few.com . As you'll hear in the episode, Eric's businesses are currently hiring guys for private protection if you have the background that they're looking for. You can also follow Eric on Instagram @bodhiblacktoes

**Note: This episode was recorded prior to PayPal updating their policy, so our comments on that issue during our intro segment are not up to date information.

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