“My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it’s their culture”
If true, and there is no reason to doubt it, those Officers are a disgrace and should be whipped and have their rank stripped away. They are unfit to lead Marines.
They were put in a no-win, hands tied position.
Didn’t read the article, right?
**** “My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it’s their culture”
If true, and there is no reason to doubt it, those Officers are a disgrace and should be whipped and have their rank stripped away. They are unfit to lead Marines. *****
Correct response...
‘“Be it so. This burning of widows is your custom; prepare the funeral pile. But my nation has also a custom. When men burn women alive we hang them, and confiscate all their property. My carpenters shall therefore erect gibbets on which to hang all concerned when the widow is consumed. Let us all act according to national customs.” —Charles James Napier