Via Atrios, who as usual got the news first, we learn that 4 American soldiers are accused of trying to steal almost $1 million of the $700 million in cash found hidden in Iraq.

The four have not been identified as of now, but they will face court-martials. Three of them are members of an engineering unit attached to the 4th Battalion.

We thought it was a bad idea to have young members of the armed forces guarding money when we first heard about it. The temptation is too strong and many of them are too young to resist a sudden impulse. One lousy mistake and these kids military careers and futures get a black mark forever.

Why wasn't this job assigned to Treasury Department agents? Dumb move, Rumsfeld, Dumb. It's not too late, send the IRS, or some federal accountants or money laundering specialists in to finish the job.