"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?
She is a freeping Brigadier General. She is the top level of her command. My gosh, if a General Officer needs a babysitter then what in the heck does that tell you?