Posted on 05/26/2004 7:37:02 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
Nashville talk radio host, Steve Gill just completed an interview with Lt. Col. Glen Stringham(sp?) (ret.) who was Karpinski's supervsor while she was a captain at Ft. McPherson near Atlanta, GA.
During the interview, Lt. Col. Stringham indicated that part of his job was to observe and evaluate Karpinski directly during her service at Ft. McPherson. His personal observations of her were less than glowing as he told of a scandal involving Karpinski where 1000 rounds of ammunition under her direct control went missing and was never found and that some sort of discipline was given to Karpinski for the incident for failing to supervise her troops effectively (sound familiar?). He also stated, "I don't know how things are handled in the Reserves, but in the regular Army, she would never have been promoted to her current rank."
Lt. Col. Stringham also indicated that military evaluations of Karpinski showed her performance as substandard.
Steve Gill also hinted that he has several sources (and is working ot verify them) that tell of more than one of BG Karpinski's supervisors were disciplined under Article 15 of the UCMJ for fraternizing with her and possibly Karpinski herself had received an Article 15 discipline.
It is his opinion that Karpinski was kept in the military solely because the feminists wanted her to succeed and that the Army were more afraid of offending the political correctness crowd than getting rid of someone unsuitable for command.
Maybe one of the reasons Sanchez is being rotated out earlier is that he picked her for the command.
Karpinski is a weasel. Any true leader would immediately step forward and accept the fact that they have failed to lead. How she got to her present rank is beyond me. Well maybe not, I suspect it has to do with political correctness.
I agree that there's something more than meets the eye.
But as I said yesterday on another post, I don't think she was there because she's a woman (which, as far as I'm concerned, is doubtful in any case) but because she's one of the few Arabic-speaking officers in the military today.
Did he know he was picking a "feminist" and set her up to fail? Her track record was well known.
This is your PC army.
Any questions?
Good question ... how did she ever become a Brig General???
A more scary thought than any tortures in the prison is that one of her superiors actually "fraternized" with her.
I think the military is scraping the bottom of the barrel to find Arabic speakers. Not political correctness but lack of planning in the 1990s.
Language skills. I think it's a crime that this wasn't dealt with in the Clinton Administration.
Being an arabic speaker may have something to do with her being in Iraq but I don't believe she made her rank because of it.
When did she last get promoted? I've been trying to find out the timeline for her rapid elevation.
(And again, I'm still not sure she's wholly female)
They keep talking about "An Army of Juan".
Extra points for race and gender put certain people at the top of the list.
Mike
If you were in the US military during the past ten years you would KNOW she was promoted on the basis of her gender.
PC run wild. There is no way she should have gotten above the level of CPT if what the LTC says is true.
affirmative action in action
"Extra points for race and gender put certain people at the top of the list."
Yep. The desire to populate the ranks with the "correct ratio" rather than the best qualified is definitely at play here.
Have they got the audio stream back up and working?
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