Posted by Declan on March 10, 2007, at 14:50:02
In reply to Re: Walter Reed » Declan, posted by fayeroe on March 10, 2007, at 14:26:22
In history books about terrible times the question of responsibilty comes up, of course. This is not intended to be making an invidious comparison, it is more the privatisation angle that I'm interested in.
[In Germany in WWII the question of responsibilty has been debated (and I guess settled, more or less). Local neccessities, and the lack of a written fuhrer order do not affray the responsibility of the leadership.]
I worry when security is privatised that accountability is lost....and I wonder if that is one of the reasons for doing it, the other of course being the money from the contracts.
One of our colourful politicians Senator Lightfoot, packed a 38 and something else when he went to Iraq.
All these cowboys, and all the decent people who end up suffering because of them and their decisions.
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