He also warned:

Islamic radicalism, which is trying to affect us anywhere and everywhere it’s allowed to operate, is going to continue to come for us. Unfortunately, this is not a one-year or three-year war. This is more like a … 30 to 40-year war. So we have to plan for that, budget for it, figure how to truly fight and win the long war as cheaply and as cost effectively as possible.

Prince spoke in the wake of the June 12 terrorist attack by Omar Mateen at a gay nightclub in Orlando, FL, which left at least 50 people dead and 53 others wounded.

Mateen, a 29-year-old U.S. citizen of Afghan descent, pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), which has claimed responsibility for the massacre, described by authorities as the deadliest mass shooting in the United States and the nation’s worst terror attack since 9/11.

Prince questioned whether U.S. senior military leadership has what it takes to win the war against Islamic extremists, saying the leaders “have become as bureaucratic as the rest of the federal government” and “have put process and bureaucracy over success.”

“They have allowed lawyers to become almost like … a political officer [in the military] was during the Soviet Union — that person that accompanied the commander into the field second-guessing everything to make sure it adhered to party policy,” proclaimed Prince.

He said that while “the rank and file of the military has plenty of ability and desire to win,” senior military leaders “have forgotten how to win.”

As the Daily Beast explains, Blackwater was “crushed” after the Obama administration cut its government contracts, in part due to a history that included “Blackwater guards gunning down 17 civilians in Baghdad” during the Bush administration. Prince feels he and his company were treated unfairly and has vowed not to accept any more government work.

In essence, Prince is arguing that military contractors could act swiftly, decisively, and it seems fair to say more harshly than politically accountable regular troops—certainly more so than multi-national forces, having long ago criticized the U.N. for doing little to halt the slaughter in Rwanda. He is also making something of a privatization argument for dealing with a crisis like the Islamic State. He might be underestimating how many political headaches can accompany the deployment of private contractors, though, as the experience of his own former company in Iraq illustrates.

Prince, described as a “libertarian, staunchly Catholic conservative,” had some tough words on the subject of domestic politics for congressional Republicans as well:

“I want you to tell your congressman that we pay them to fight,” Prince told the crowd. “They are hired to fight for our values, for what you sent them there to do… I am sick and tired of Republicans getting rolled—having a lousy, weak leadership that gets rolled every time by the Democratic Party. We’re like… Charlie Brown trying to kick the football every time and they keep taking it away… I encourage the Republican Party to get off their ass and fight like we pay them to.”

That does seem to capture the spirit of the moment. A phrase like “get off your ass and fight like we pay you to” has extra sizzle when it comes from someone famous for heading a private military organization.

BY: JOHN HAYWARD of http://www.breitbart.com/