[jsiepkes]

> Well the company is not a monolithic entity, it is after all a group of people.

A group of people...in a clearly defined structure. In Google's case that structure is a hierarchy. The issue passed through this structure and a decision was made. Now even hierarchical companies often have some mechanism to make appeals based on ethics, safety, etc. but either this wasn't done or their appeals were rejected.

> After all it was decided to pursue by some execs, and it is jot that hard to withdrawfrom it

Mr Pichai was probably at the very least aware of a billion dollar contract I would guess. If they wanted to withdraw from it, they would have done so.

> It is not the core business of Google.

I think Google would like very much to succeed in the cloud. A billion dollar cloud contract will certainly help with that.