Posted on 05/23/2004 2:38:47 PM PDT by txradioguy
I would cross out wartime and replace it witl ALL the time.
Bump for the searing laser of truth.
What must it be like, to be so consumed with hatred and loathing that only one thing has any meaning in this world?
Janis Karpinksi deserves America’s contempt.
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She's had my contempt from day one.
And women do not belong in such positions.
I love the way that when the scandal hit the fan, she got into her civvies and took her lawyer on a tour of the talk shows.
This isn't about women in the military, specifically, but it does show the problems with declining standards in all areas of behaviour or professionalism. If you allow incompetence, it will exist. If you allow shoddy performance, it will occur.
It shows the problems with the Clinton White House and their PC crap and how people were promoted beyond their abilities based upon non performance criteria.
"Donald Rumsfeld stood straight up to the world and accepted responsibility for Abu Ghraib. He took it like a man. War is not woman’s work. It is man’s work – not because men are more brutal or stronger, but because they can endure the stresses of combat and be accountable for the failures those stresses inevitably create. They don’t whine, deviously evade, blame others, make up excuses, and whimper “It’s not my fault!” If they do, they are despised and looked upon with contempt by their male comrades."
Amen. There are only a few people even willing enough to point this out. There are always exceptions to the rule, but in this case, he's right on. So, kudos to you, sir.
Thanks for the great post, txradioguy.
Chris
Karpinsky has also been all over the media making excuses.
AND the Occifer machine has kicked in to defend her... Let the Enlisted take the fall...
Makes me ill.
This shows this "woman" to be a quota queen. Her lack of leadership as a general makes it apparent she did not EARN her job by her deeds, she got her job by the grace of clintonian politics.
"Who is Karpinski's boss? Why isn't he being asked to "take it like a man"?"
BG Karpinski chose to only try to make it to the prison every "three months". It's her brigade, she's a general officer for pete's sake! It's her responsibility to know what's going on inside her prison!
Her bosses all the way up the chain have taken the abuse flung at them by the media over the actions of a few knuckleheads. They took it, she chose to weasel out and point fingers. It's pitiful when you're a soldier, conduct ub-becoming when you have a star on your collar point.
MG Taguba in his report already stated that the problem at Abu Ghraib was at most at the brigade level. That put is squarely on BG Karpinski.
How high would you prefer the blame and the resignations go?
How many more times are we going to call the generals home to answer redundant questions by people and media playing partisian politics and take the field generals away from their REAL missionw hich is securing Iraq?
| 23 May News Report (Press lied about Gen. Sanchez, Abu Ghraib. Official statement.) |
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| Posted by TomGuy to Ragtime Cowgirl On News/Activism 05/23/2004 3:10:48 PM CDT #2 of 26 It seems the libs/dems are giving Gen. Karpinski a pass and trying to get a trophy head from a 'higher-up.' They apparently concluded that trying to get Rumsfeld's first was too difficult a task; same with General Myers. So, for today, it appears they are after General Sanchez. If they do a trophy head from a 'higher up' above Gen. Karpinski, look for them to unceasingly attack the next higher up levels anyway. |
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I know LTG Sanchez. I guarentee you that had he known even a whiff of something wrong was going on at Abu Ghraib it would have been taken care of via UCMJ.
To implicate that he condoned what was going or knew or wittnessed any abuse is the last desperate attempt at a "gotcha" by the RATS and their enabelers in the media.
Someone on FNC made a comment to day that BG Karpinski is STILL out there running her mouth and pointing fingers at everyone but herself. I'm not sure what she hopes to accomplish but if she keeps it up she'll never wear a uniform again.
...she got her job by the grace of clintonian politics.
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Exactly!
The libs/dems just want to stir the 'stuff' as long as they can get the stink from it.
They will beat the dead horse another 2 weeks if they can. That will lead them close to the convention.
You can bet they have other 'stuff' in their arsenal they will try to bring out.
I don't know, I know of a LOT of libs who do all of those things... it sounds like a spot-on description of clinton or kerry... I think it is wrong to say that women can't handle stress like men, based upon one terrible officer.
txradioguy wrote:
Someone on FNC made a comment to day that BG Karpinski is STILL out there running her mouth and pointing fingers at everyone but herself. I'm not sure what she hopes to accomplish but if she keeps it up she'll never wear a uniform again.
great peice...
Grat, great article.
Bump.
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