[thefrankbaum]

I agree it seems that way. But for all we know, the spokesman was caught unaware and it may be the first they’ve heard of it. I don’t want to throw them under the bus if this Master Sgt. or this Weinstein guy thought it made more sense to go to the press before things got started internally.

[starlifter]

Good point on the spokesman which I should have considered. His response could easily be interpreted as a polite way of saying, “WTF? This is the first I heard of this!”

I can also see Weinstein’s point of view. We overlapped at the Zoo for a couple of years. There is a pervasive born again Christian culture at the Zoo then and now, and also in the Air Force.

He's Jewish and I think justifiably takes umbrage with a lot of the “if you ain't born again you ain't s***” attitudes.