Can I ask you about your first sentence? Wouldn't it have been better if the unit had "brought down" this guy before he "brought down" the unit? That's what sticks in my mind -- wouldn't some good leaders have dealt with this guy long before he got so out of control and did so much damage?
You're right-if the leadership had dealt with him, this whole thing may have never happened.
The whining and sniveling of the BG that headed the unit indicated the quality of Leadership. I see Graner as a rogue that probably intimidated the Junior Officers and Senior NCOs that din't have the stones to deal with him.
Or quite possibly, the ones that did have the stones knew they didn't have the backing of the Senior Leadership