[Ispy4u]

Answer this:

If the congresscritters didn't want to influence the outcome of this, why did they make it publicly known that they were seeking information about it?

Anything congressmen do in public is about politics. I guess you guys should feel good about the fact that you have finally raised enough of a stink to poison the judicial proceedings.

BTW I totally understand the awesome responsibiltiy of a wartime commander, LTC West failed to live up to it in this case.

[AndyJackson]

If the congresscritters didn't want to influence the outcome of this ...

Ah but they did because they think it is a political determination and not a judicial one. LTC West did not overstay his welcome at a parking meter. He committed certain acts to protect the lives of his men. The decision about the propriety of those acts is political first, and only later judicial.

You fail to understand. LTC West is not the combat commander. That is the CG and his superiors in theater, and they are the ones who are the subject of Duncan Hunters inquiry.

[Calpernia]

>>>>I guess you guys should feel good about the fact that you have finally raised enough of a stink to poison the judicial proceedings.

I for one am VERY happy ^-^

I'm off to the trout pond on this fine sunny day.

Isn't activism great? :)