Blackwater Mercenary EXPOSES Private Military Contracting Secrets In Middle East, Fueling Terrorism

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Johnny Mitchell

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🗓️ 6 October 2024

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Former Navy SEAL and Blackwater team leader Jimmy Watson opens up about his intense experiences during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Jimmy shares how Blackwater’s aggressive tactics kept them alive, recounts living in Saddam Hussein’s palace, and details the emotional and physical toll combat took on him and his comrades. Jimmy opens up about being involved in the Nisour Square Massacre; one of the most notorious war crimes in U.S. history. From constant firefights to traumatic injuries, Watson reflects on the darker side of war and how he found healing through Operation Restore Warrior. This is a raw and powerful story of war, survival, and redemption. Go Support Jimmy! Website: https://www.jimmywatson.co/ YouTube: @MightyWarrior24 IG: https://www.instagram.com/mightywarrior24/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mightywarrior2024 Operation Restored Warrior: https://operationrestoredwarrior.org/ This Episode Is #Sponsored By The Following: PrizePicks! Download the app today and use code CONNECT to get $50 instantly after you play your first $5 lineup! https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CONNECT Wondery! Follow MRBALLEN’S MEDICAL MYSTERIES on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In war, you just start adapting to what's going on.
0:03.4	And as bad as it gets, you just start filling in the gaps.
0:06.3	Why Blackwater didn't get hit more and the army would get hit all the time is because we were so ultra-aggressive.
0:13.6	Because perception is reality to the enemy.
0:16.6	Freedom has nothing to do with right or wrong.
0:19.3	War has nothing to do with right or wrong. War has nothing to do with right or wrong.
0:21.3	It's just a matter of, do you have violent men standing by to do your bidding?
0:26.6	If you do, you're never attacked.
0:29.2	Jimmy Watson is a former Navy SEAL who was a team leader for Blackwater, the private
0:34.0	military company during the most violent days of the Afghanistan and then Iraq wars from 2004 to 2008.
0:40.9	This guy saw more action than any other American serving in the Middle East.
0:45.2	He lived in Saddam Hussein's palace in Baghdad for four years straight and went on thousands of missions throughout the city,
0:52.2	getting in constant firefights and witnessing
0:55.0	and participating in countless atrocities.
0:58.4	It was his team that was involved in the infamous Nehar Square Massacre in 2007, in which
1:03.2	17 civilians were gunned down by Blackwater employees, many of whom were later convicted
1:08.0	of manslaughter, but eventually pardoned by President Trump.
1:11.1	Jimmy describes what it's like to truly be in the middle of a war zone,
1:14.9	where every day he witnessed a friend or a comrade being killed,
1:18.4	and explains the psychological toll this took on his mind.
1:21.5	He also expressed his disillusion with the war machine at American imperialism
1:25.9	and exposed how private military contractors like Blackwater
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