[TomB]

Here's a follow up to the Col. Collins story.

Looks like he got a lot of support from other American servicemen.

Looks like some of you were WAY off.

[gcruse]

Kneejerk jingoism crashes and burns. Excellent news.

[Bedford Forrest]

Looks like some of you were WAY off.

But I was WAY on, - I recommended that the insolent and insubordinate major be keelhauled and drummed out, or some such.

[katze]

"Looks like some of you were WAY off."

Really? Pls explain your comment.

[meenie]

I wasn't off a damned bit. I said that the good American major should be busted to E-2 and thrown out of the army.

[DB]

What angered me was British reporting. It went far beyond one American. It was hit on all American soldiers.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/917669/posts?page=22#22

[Mr Rogers]

From Lancey Howard :"There's just something about the whole story that I can't quite get my hands around..... This whole dispute came from a US officer handing out candy?"

That was my point earlier. I STILL think the story we're reading (via the British tabloids) just doesn't ring true. I've been insubordinate on multiple occassions - sometimes it is the only way to get a superior's attention - but I've always been back up by regulations & common sense. To be insubordinate for no reason? And then to make an accusation you know can easily be proven false - knowing you will then face the heat?

I think there is more than going on than we're reading.