[Former Military Chick]

UPDATE PING!

I pulled your names from the thread (Bush demotes Army general in Abu Ghraib scandal (Karpinski finally fired formally) ) that my beloved posted last week about Karpinski, thought you might like to read in her own words as it regards the charge of shoplifting.

Am I missing something, has this gal ever took responsibility for anything that she is accused of doing?

[de Buillion]

From everything I've heard and read about Abu Ghraib, this gal needed to be booted out of the service, NOT just demoted 1 or 2 ranks. To claim that there are areas in your area of Command that are "off-limits" to the Commanding general- Duh!

[ntnychik]

Thanks for the ping. I've had my personal opinion of Scarpinski, from what I've seen on TV, but her lengthy interview is very revealing. No, I don't think she ever took responsibility. There's always an excuse, her hands were tied, etc. Without being a shrink, I think she's very passive, or maybe passive-aggressive. I wonder how she ever got to be a colonel, much less a brigadier general. A little affirmative action, maybe? As a "former military chick," how do you see it?

[devolve]

She has that General Wesley Clark thing going for her.

They are perfect, it's the rest of the world that messed up.

If she had any integrity she's take a bus to Vegas and disappear.

It would be interesting to see what her actual duty schedule was like.

[AZHua87]

I've caught her on two different TV interviews, sniveling, whining, it's a Boys club, they're picking on me, it's sexism,.....yak, yak, yak and the Lame Stream Media is eating it up. She was a commander and she needs to act like one and take her lumps and shut up.

She would not have mad a good just commissioned W.A.C. 2LT when I was in.

[potlatch]

Thanks for the ping!