Ethics+Iraq+Contractors=Suicide?

"A Journey That Ended in Anguish", Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov 05

A former ethics professor at West Point goes to Iraq for a chance to put his ethics to use in war, and finds they're not always a good fit.

"In e-mails to his family, Westhusing seemed especially upset by one conclusion he had reached: that traditional military values such as duty, honor and country had been replaced by profit motives in Iraq, where the U.S. had come to rely heavily on contractors for jobs once done by the military."

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(updated 15 Dec 05)