Thursday, September 03, 2009
What have I been saying about Military Contractors ....
Think Class! I know you remember my feelings on this subject!
If a regular soldier dooes something wrong the Uniform Military Code of Justice comes in, and there
are consequences. Contractors meanwhile get away with some awful stuff. Wackenhut has mis-managed
prisons in the U.S. Now they have been disgracing themselves and the U.S. of A in Afghanistan. Most
of the regular military people I have met who have served in Afghanistan have been well
intentioned, and decent people, but I have yet to meet a contractor I could respect. If I have, I
did not know they were a contractor! Outsourcing military stuff, even the support stuff doesn't save
the government any money and it doesn't bring in a quality person either. Blackwater, Dyncorp, and
now Wackenhut have done real damage to U.S. interests because of the misconduct of their
employees. If contractors are going to be paid ten times what a regular soldier, marine or sailor
or air force guy is paid, then we have the right to expect a certain level of professionalism out
of them.
If a regular soldier dooes something wrong the Uniform Military Code of Justice comes in, and there
are consequences. Contractors meanwhile get away with some awful stuff. Wackenhut has mis-managed
prisons in the U.S. Now they have been disgracing themselves and the U.S. of A in Afghanistan. Most
of the regular military people I have met who have served in Afghanistan have been well
intentioned, and decent people, but I have yet to meet a contractor I could respect. If I have, I
did not know they were a contractor! Outsourcing military stuff, even the support stuff doesn't save
the government any money and it doesn't bring in a quality person either. Blackwater, Dyncorp, and
now Wackenhut have done real damage to U.S. interests because of the misconduct of their
employees. If contractors are going to be paid ten times what a regular soldier, marine or sailor
or air force guy is paid, then we have the right to expect a certain level of professionalism out
of them.
# posted by Katja R. @ 11:41 AM 
