Why is Hasan alive?
Why are the COLE bombers alive and free?
Democrats in Congress are determined to establish political officers in the military, a parallel chain of command with authority to overrule any decision not in synch with the political whims of the Administration. This is a very important first step on that journey.
What a novel idea - let the commanders handle their people and problems. Today’s AF is so micromanaged that the commander of the unit I work for as a DOD civilian has less control over what she does with the people she commands than I had over the people I supervised as a senior NCO in the 90’s.
The lawyers have been slowly and steadily increasing their influence in the military. They frighten Commanders half to death. We used to joke that the lawyer’s answer to everything was “No”. The best lawyers in the Army were the ones who had been Combat Arms Officers.