Yes sir.
Status of forces agreement exempts US military from local laws. Right or wrong, that means we are subject to local jurisdiction. Because we had no SOFA at the time, she was required to dress modestly— not in burka but not in shorts and a t-shirt. She objected because US State Department women had an agreement in place exempting then from local dress code. She demanded the same standard of State Dept females, that’s okay, but she did not use the chain of command to elevate her objection—she went to congress and that is not correct. After exhausting the military appeal process she then could rightfully go to congress. She went direct to congress, thereby ignoring military process and protocols.
PSAB, at the time, was bending over backwards to avoid offending the Saudis on anything. The Saudis could cancel our flying at any time, and sometimes did for a few days at a time to remind us. I remember when we filed a flight safety complaint. We went to see the tapes and the Saudis played a tape from a completely different day. We (the crew who complained) were told to keep our mouths shut and pretend the tape was accurate because political sensitivities outweighed any safety violations from the Saudi Air Force.
As I’m sure you are aware, Hulka, the military rules often exceeded any restrictions the Saudis actively sought because we needed to keep a very low profile. We were NOT the Embassy! We didn’t have “rights”. People at the Embassy could drink alcohol. The French & British, IIRC, could often drink alcohol. But the US forces at PSAB could not - and it was all about trying to keep a low profile, hard-to-object-to status.
McSally was all about HER - what SHE wanted! HER RIGHTS! She was an AMERICAN and wanted to rub Saudi noses in her AMERICAN RIGHTS - and to hell with the military keeping a low profile and trying to fit in so we could concentrate on FLYING out of PSAB!
The A-10 pilots I’ve met who were in squadrons with her - maybe 6-8 total - said she was like that in the squadron as well. All McSally, all the time. Certainly her career path was more influenced by Congress and politicians than by...I don’t know...actually earning a reputation by FLYING? Versus sucking up to people in Congress?
I don’t have much sympathy for someone who was sexually assaulted “emotionally”. If someone had tried something like that with my wife, she would have made sure blood flowed. And her supposed sexual assault in the military, where she felt free to publicly sue the SecDef but was too ‘intimidated by the system’ to complain about RAPE? YGBSM!
And she claims a stalker held her hostage in her house...but where is the police complaint? The investigation? Who was this stalker? When, where, who, and why wasn’t it pursued?
The pity is in a couple of years, I may have to choose between voting for this pathetic piece of PC scum or Mr Gabby Giffords....
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