More Bush Administration Idiocy

Funny, I remember a very unhappy second lieutenant, one of whose sentries
decided to fire all his shot gun rounds into the New River one dark night.
You
don't think that incident wasn't reflected in his FITREP? I bet it was.

Why would it? If the 2Lt were present, fired the shots himself and/or
encouraged the act it might.Other than that I can see no reason.


Because there were enough 2Lt's whose sentries didn't fire rounds off into the
New River to push this LT to the bottom of the heap when FITREP time came
round.

He was responsble for what that sentry did. Could he have somehow surmised that
Lance Corporal Smuckatella was going to snap just a -wee- bit that night?
Probably not. But he was -still- responsible.

As the editors of the Military Times have recently written, accountability goes
all the way to the top. Lessee, Reagan was the president then. Should he have
been grilled at a news conference because some lance coolie fired 5 shot gun
rounds into the New River? Of course not.

But according to BFFDRVR's interpretation, there was some break, some vacuum of
responsibility (in this case of the POW torture), that didn't touch Bush Jr.
There can't be a break, or a vacuum in the chain of command. Reagan was
ultimately responsible, just as Bush was responsible for the POW torture, and
FDR was ultimately responsible for Pearl Harbor, and on and on.

The people will ultimately decide. If they stop and think, They'll kick
Bush''s butt all the way back to Crawford.

Walt

Walt