Regardless of anything else he was or wasn't doing, turning his back on this girl - if the story is true - was the most unbecoming activity he engaged in that day. A plea for help from an American woman in a foreign brothel and he doesn't report it immediately ... that's shameful.
And not wanting to get in trouble for being there is a lousy excuse.
Very true. And this is an issue that the present CinC caes very much about. So much so that he spoke about it very passionately at the UN. AFN television is replete with public service announcements showing women being rescued from white slavery situations. I suspect that if a similar situation arose today the officer in question would feel more compelled to act.
I completely agree.
Our soldiers are suppose to preserve and protect, among others, fellow Americans, and especially those who are helpless. Not only was the officers actions shameful, I find it to be detestable.
Perhaps the dozen armed guards around the brothel deterred his decision to try and rescue her.
When he went back with help, the place had burned to the ground, as the article says.