Interesting comments based on your experience.
I am appalled by this event, but now that I have had more time to think about it, I think Rush is right. None of their behavior was excusable, and I don't think it's going to be excused. But it's definitely getting a lot more play in the Muslim world and the West than Saddam's genuine torture did, or the many genuine atrocities routinely perpetrated by Muslim armies and irregulars alike in Africa, for example.
As for the female officers, I think this may have less to do with being female and more to do with being anti-Bush in the Buchananite sense. Doesn't Karpinski have sort of a track record, having appeared on TV to criticize Bush even before this thing broke? I recall reading several posters who watch more TV than I do commenting on this; please correct me if I'm wrong.
Rush's comments were 100% correct.
The current generation of Female Military Officers across the Military is a very sad lot. This is the PC generation of women officers, selected more for their gender than their ability.
With the Marines as exception, I do not trust a single female flag officer in today's military. Not a single one. I do not have any respect for an Officer, male or female, who shirks their responsibility. It is an HONOR to serve this nation, not a dammed duty. Anyone tasked with Officer duties in this nations military needs to thank their lucky stars for the opportunity put before them.
Karpinsky is lucky that she wont likely meet the Dog in a dark alley, because that is one woman that I would gladly punch in her mouth. She is a disgrace, and when you disgrace my Military, you disgrace me. I hope they fry the bitch.