Guatam, justifiably pissed: > That aside, I have to say that I find myself virtually > incapable of thinking about this rationally. I am > _quivering_ with rage about this. This is personal to me. I > volunteered to go there almost a year ago. > _Two weeks ago_ they called me to say that my security > clearance was being processed and that a final offer might be > imminent. Just by _volunteering_ I probably did permanent > damage to my career at McKinsey, which was not a small thing > to give up. These fucking idiots have permanently stained > the effort of every one of my friends over there, of every > _person_ working there in both the army and the civilian > service. If the army decided to shoot them in the main > street of _Baghdad_ I wouldn't be upset.
I had a conversation with a friend of mine tonight who wanted all them executed too. I was the voice of reason about this (surprise! Surprise! Sergeant Carter!). The effect of what these young idiots did is huge. If it were just about them, I wouldn't punish them too harshly. They're already shocked and awed enough that they won't do crap like this again. But too bad for their lives. They should go to jail. We should use them to get the point through to their peers not to act like this. They read the rules, and we seldom enforce them this harshly, and they really probably don't deserve it, but too bad. Even if the rot went all the way up the chain of command, and I wouldn't be surprised if it did, they were dumb enough to get caught, and can be an object lesson.
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