Saying It Again

The Project On Government Oversight's report, which Robert Brodksy delved into yesterday, on severe--and juvenile--misconduct by the contractors who provide security to diplomats in Afghanistan is pretty shocking in its puerility. As I've written before, and as I'll continue to say, the ability to not be culturally disruptive and to maintain basic standards of discipline should be essential qualifications for contractors. If they can't meet them, they shouldn't get contracts in the first place, much less see those contracts re-upped. It seems to me that there could be a whole bunch of money to be made by security contractors who could run their people professionally and maturely. Renewing the contracts of those who don't ends up being anti-competitive, reducing the potential rewards for people who can do the job right.