Bring in the Neo-Cons
From the New York Times:
"The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show... [Sample crimes] include aggravated assault, burglary, robbery and vehicular homicide."
Nice. I am all for second chances and priorly maladapted personalities that are now knee-deep in reform, but this strikes me as somewhat bleak. If there's anywhere in the world that a strong moral compass would go a long way, it's Iraq. God forbid an ex-felon has a brief relapse - another Abu-Ghraib and that'll probably be it for America in the Middle East for the next ten years.
article from the New York Times
"The number of waivers granted to Army recruits with criminal backgrounds has grown about 65 percent in the last three years, increasing to 8,129 in 2006 from 4,918 in 2003, Department of Defense records show... [Sample crimes] include aggravated assault, burglary, robbery and vehicular homicide."
Nice. I am all for second chances and priorly maladapted personalities that are now knee-deep in reform, but this strikes me as somewhat bleak. If there's anywhere in the world that a strong moral compass would go a long way, it's Iraq. God forbid an ex-felon has a brief relapse - another Abu-Ghraib and that'll probably be it for America in the Middle East for the next ten years.
article from the New York Times
posted by Natron at 9:41 AM
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