On Fri, 14 May 2004 12:16:52 GMT, Brian Nystrom
wrote:

That's not the story that's coming out of the hearings (though it is the
opinion of some individuals).

There is no report from any congressional committee that I am aware of,
your perception that "that's not the story that's coming out of the
hearings" is simply your perception, nothing more. It is no more the
consensus of any hearing than the "opinion of some individuals." I watch
some of the hearings too (on C-Span) and get a radically different picture.

The blame is going well up the chain of
command and it's looking entirely likely that at least one general and
one colonel will be court martialed, plus their subordinates in the
chain of command.

I can see 8 individuals, none of which are female, in one picture. There
have been at least 3 females charged, shown in other pictures. That's
eleven I can count RIGHT NOW. With your "6 or 7" bad apples and the
general and the colonel that's only 9 at the most. And the general and
colonel don't appear in ANY photograph that I'm aware of. The "handful"
you refer to looks like it's going to have to be an awfully big hand
involved.

While it appears that there were only a handful of
people who actually perpetrated the offenses, the web of culpability is
definitely going to extend much further.

If military investigators are at all like you I'm pretty certain that some
(many) of those responsible will never be looked at. Just to make it clear
to you, eleven is greater than the sum of your "bad apples" and those you
have indicated in the chain of command. My friend, either you are closing
your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge or you are not
aware of the caliber of disaster... (Apologies to the Music Man).

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
We are the CroMagnon of the future