Blackwater's Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head 

This is how journalism should be! Awesome work Mehdi!

This man is a war criminal.

As an Afghan I can say that the result of intervention of Black Water in Afghanistan will only be more blood. Some Americans dying for money and some militants resisting the foreign troops and mostly the Afghan civilians caught in between these two parties. I hope peace comes first to Afghanistan before Black Water, otherwise it is only gonna get worse.

Let's all remember, Iraq is destroyed due to an American false flag invasion.

I call this interview the Roasting of Eric Prince. Iraq war veteran

Mehdi is the best interviewer of totalitarians in the world. Prince and Israel included.

ISIS : we are the biggest terrorist group in the whole world. Blackwater: yes????

As an Afghan, I would like to state that Afghan people are so much against Blackwater, There would be a stronger stand and combat of civilian against them if they still want to go for it.

What an Interview!!!Thank you Mehdi Hassan.

I wish he could interview President Trump... I can just imagine the amount of stuttering, gotcha moments, angry made up replies, and just plain stupidity he would draw from him.

Some actually incredible journalism and confidence from Mehdi here, this is necessary and refreshing

I will admit - I am not as Progressive as Mehdi is; in fact, we disagree on a few policies. He is an incredibly sharp and intelligent journalist, however, and this interview is a MASTERCLASS on holding the powerful accountable. This should be shown in media classes across the country. He literally got the man to admit perjury in front of a live audience. Unreal.

The interviewer always throws these ridiculous accusations at Erik Prince and then cuts him off before he can respond. Great job Al Jazeera!

Give this man a chance to talk.

"there is a thing called international law, and nobody does anything outside..." my man couldnt even finish that clause because he knew it was so absurd lmaoooo

How does this guy sleep? It amazes me!

Eric Prince gave a master class on how to keep your composure against a super aggressive host and hostile members of the panel. He kept getting interrupted and talked over and still maintained his composure.

I can't believe Prince went into that lion's den.

I want a 'Ben Shapiro vs Mehdi Hasan'

lol that smirk on his face at the start quickly changed

I'm struggling to understand why Erik Prince would do this interview. He got objectively mashed as you would expect from Medhi Hassan. There must be some trick, what possible double-game is he playing?

Mehdi you are a breath of Fresh air man! We love you!

Mehdi roasted Erik. He did an excellent job! Greets from Germany.

He's coming out better now

“Not all of that discussion was transcribed” Lmaoo i love this guy

Notice the ears: Before: 2:02 After: 47:06

And then the BW “massacre” files came out and it turns out that the BW guys didn’t do anything different than normal soldiers would’ve done, and they were unfairly persecuted by the media and thrown under the bus by the U.S. government to save face. BW was actually a very professional company, and ethics of PMCs generally aside, they actually did a great job at what they were paid to do. Erik has done a number of interviews since and the BW “massacre” guys also did an interview on Shawn Ryan (where they provided documentation about the incident as well) where they exposed how they got railroaded despite being innocent. There’s a reason why Trump pardoned them

Keep on Mehdi. You are the best journalist I have ever seen. May Allah keep your tounge and mind sharp.

I don’t know how they living with that many killing innocent people

Anybody thinks he was wrong about Afghanistan still?

Legends say that little erik is still having nightmares because of this interview.

Easily this could pass as my best interview from Medhi💪🏽💪🏽

He is reducing the military industrial complex by creating a bigger one - private one.

What a great journalist! keep it up man.

I feel prince used to take the lunch money of the other kids in his school

Mehdi showed up with receipts! 👏 You can see Prince squirming in his chair.

And we have the authacitic of calling other people terrorist,rs

If only he would let Erik actually speak that would be great, and also this man has been in war for years, to think questions are making him nervous is hilarious

Medhi Hasan and his team are a treasure, it's shameful US cable companies are abandoning Al Jazeera US. We need this guy on every TV set in the United States.

No American mainstream media journalist is Sharp Enough to conduct such a show

watching this in 2024 he was right afghan forces will collapse in 6 weeks. It took one week actually.

Mehdi walked the walk in terms of journalistic integrity durring this interview. I haven't seen an interview that pressed the interviewee when their answers didn't line up to the histortic research, to this degree. Integrity like is inspiring to keep pressing for justice and truth over privilege and power. This was incredible. Thank you to all involved.

Who in their right mind goes on this show to be destroyed.

"May the eyes of cowards never sleep" Khalid ibn Walid RA

Erik price (scream internally) : "WHY DID I AGREE TO DO THIS INTERVIEW?"

Head to Head is the best Television show there can be at present time. I congratulate the whole Head to Head Team for producing such a well organized show.

He expected this to be like Fox or CNN... LMAOOOOOOOOOO

Erik Prince taking credit for training Afghani police...the same police that turned out to be the Taliban all along. LOL! You can't be a colonialist in the 21rst century. You cannot be destiny doctrine in the 21rst century. People have a right to their own self-determination of their own countries. You just want the resources under their feet. That's it.

Prince looked so confident entering stage as if he's going to meet and be interviewed by those FOX News bimboo's ....

I was impressed with Erik. he answers everything and never once trips up, even when Mehdi gets his ridiculous panel and basically dogpile him and with the audience against him as well. got a kick out of the Iraqi "journalist"

This is real news,real journalism,take note CNN,MSNBC or you wont survive.

update; The four men convicted of the crimes they commited against the iraqi innocent civilians were pardoned by Dear old Trump surprise surprise suprise

This didnt age well.. how is that Taliban working out for you??

These are the people who make money in conflict and wars

﴿إِذَا الشَّمسُ كُوِّرَت﴾ [التكوير: ١] When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness] - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا النُّجومُ انكَدَرَت﴾ [التكوير: ٢] And when the stars fall, dispersing, - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا الجِبالُ سُيِّرَت﴾ [التكوير: ٣] And when the mountains are removed - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا العِشارُ عُطِّلَت﴾ [التكوير: ٤] And when full-term she-camels are neglected - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا الوُحوشُ حُشِرَت﴾ [التكوير: ٥] And when the wild beasts are gathered - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا البِحارُ سُجِّرَت﴾ [التكوير: ٦] And when the seas are filled with flame - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا النُّفوسُ زُوِّجَت﴾ [التكوير: ٧] And when the souls are paired - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا المَوءودَةُ سُئِلَت﴾ [التكوير: ٨] And when the girl [who was] buried alive is asked - Saheeh International ﴿بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ قُتِلَت﴾ [التكوير: ٩] For what sin she was killed - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا الصُّحُفُ نُشِرَت﴾ [التكوير: ١٠] And when the pages are spread [i.e., made public] - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا السَّماءُ كُشِطَت﴾ [التكوير: ١١] And when the sky is stripped away - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا الجَحيمُ سُعِّرَت﴾ [التكوير: ١٢] And when Hellfire is set ablaze - Saheeh International ﴿وَإِذَا الجَنَّةُ أُزلِفَت﴾ [التكوير: ١٣] And when Paradise is brought near, - Saheeh International ﴿عَلِمَت نَفسٌ ما أَحضَرَت﴾ [التكوير: ١٤] A soul will [then] know what it has brought [with it]. - Saheeh International

Mehdi hasan is what the western media is lacking!..

LOL turns out he was right about Afghanistan.

Can I re-upload this video,with another title? "The Roast of Erik Prince"

We shouldn't have gone there in the first place.

Goosebumps all throughout the 49 mins. Mehdi Hasan is a relentless journalist that is a model for how to hold politicians and corporations accountable.

00:00 to 49:09 it is a well made drama....50 percentage of em in there don't know they are like a feeling machines and other 50 percentage is they know everything exactly feeling making machines...

If I ever were in custody and waiting to be interrogated by Mehdi, I would've just jailed my self to escape the mental pressure😂

Eric shall keep away from interviews for the rest of his life.

I feel sorry for mehdi Hassan. Cuz' he had to endure breathing the same oxygen as these Hypocrites and murders.

Who else is watching this after DJT pardoned 4 murderers of innocent Iraqi people? 12/23/2020

Just imagine if all journalism was done this way, especially in mainstream media.

"After 17 years of war" ?? Why are you at war and who are you fighting... Sadam is long gone

There is no solution against a liying person who maintains the same answers. The only think you can do is pointing and exposing concrete facts to the person and let her discredit herself. Moreover, the debate to disclose the truth is vain against these kind of groups who are distroying and harming other people lives especially that there is now legal framework incriminating thier acts. So, will any international law be created against blackwaters? to which extent they will incriminate their interventions? who will vote or not to promote these laws ? And If voted and created will these laws be enforced ? Think of it......

His ears turned red

This is how you conduct an interview. Know your subject, do not let lies goes uncontested. Hold him accountable for his own words. Clear, concise and to the point. How refreshing! Thank you!

Mehdi Hassan deserves an award of the best journalist of 2019!!! Such an amazing interview, you really locked him down his throat.

You have to admire this guy. He is a professional liar.

Look at the color of his ears at the beginning and then look how red they are 30 minutes in.

hahahahahahahahaha Mexico will pay for the wall, so why are you fundraising? Mehdi, you are a genius my friend. brilliant interview and one i will watch again

What an interview!!!😮😮this guy must have been punished just because of this interview. Hats off for Mehdi from Nepal 🇳🇵❤

Conquering Afghanistan, Gengis Khan couldn't do it, Alexander couldn't do it, the British (after 3 wars) couldn't do it, the Soviet Union couldn't do it, the American armed forces couldn't do it, BUT Erik Prince can do it??? LMAO

Eric Prince speaks just like Donald Trump. Never answers unfavorable questions directly, instead he misdirects and place the blame on circumstances and other parties involved.

This "host" has a definite leftist agenda and is openly hostile. He speaks more like a hateful prosecutor in court than an interviewer. This distracts from the responses from Prince where one could learn more about the full scope of his experience and what actually happen at Black Water. Such an approach makes it difficult to have a more open and complete dialog disclosure. Prince to his full credit remains poised and tries to answer the questions. Who would want to be interviewed by this prejudicial "host"?

The amount of hard facts that Mehdi has at the ready never ceases to amaze me!

Started off as not guilty confident and ended up sweated out nervous. LMAO...

Most of these audience members shower in their underwear...

Mehdi: Hello Erik: I have no idea what you’re talking about that’s not the way i remember it

Look at the face of Eric. I think someone should help him to answer. 😂t😃😃😃😃

And Saudis wants this channel shut down lol

Who else here to learn more after trump granted pardon to the guards responsible?

This is the best interview I have seen in a long time for the simple fact that he catches him in his lies while asking him specific questions that pinned Prince. Staying on the subject and not moving on unlike American "Journalists" was key.

final question: how do you sleep at night?

Erik sounded more like a Dracula than a Prince. May be Prince of darkness, l suppose.

*I WANT TO SEE TRUMP VS MEHDI HASSAN*

The depth of the research your interview team have done before doing this roasting just made my mouth salivate. This is better than a movie.

Mehdi Hasan is an amazing journalist. We don't have anything like him on American television.

First time seeing this piece of journalism. The host really has a huge payload of facts. Good show!

Erik Prince thought he would be able to go and push his agenda, then, he met investigative journalism. This is a gem of an interview.

Believe me Mehdi this is of the best interviews that I ever have seen.

Apparently I see it differently than everyone else. The interviewer is absolutely terrible. He didn’t let Erik speak, he was completely disrespectful, and was only pushing for a gotcha moment instead of trying to get the truth out. The interviewer gets a -3 out of 10 in my book. Even though a lot of y’all seems to like him I guarantee you no one would want to hang out with him. He’s seems super annoying.

Eric Prince couldn't be trusted with maintaining the security of an abandoned parking structure.

well Erik was not prepared was he ? He got slaughtered .

The reporters hate is showing,shame on him,like trying to stop terrorism is a bad thing😢

Whenever he was gonna lie he starts with " look "

*The funny thing is that when it's related to the US, they're called 'private security contractors', 'private military services', etc., but when it comes to Russia, they're called mercenaries!* Hypocrisy and double standard at their finest.