Lucy it’s too sad but butter is actually on the mark here.
While most are okay some of the top leadership will do what ever they are told to do.
I believe Lind herself is just doing what she was told to do by those at the top. As were the people involved in the trumped-up Haditha charges. And the gagging of Able Danger to cover up SecDef Perry’s sale of forbidden satellite technology to China’s military.
We have people like Marcus Luttrell and so many others who have sacrificed life, limb, reputation, their own freedom, marriages, seeing their kids born and learn to walk, and so much more.... whose photos should be put in the dictionary entry for “honor” or “integrity”. For them I have nothing but respect, honor, appreciation, and support.
And then we’ve got some in the leadership who will sell out the whole band of brothers for a pat on the head by the top dog.
It’s more than I can stomach. The rank and file who are putting so much on the line deserve so much better.
Somebody mentioned “To Kill a Mockingbird”. When I made that comment I felt just like Jem Finch felt when the jury convicted Tom, right after Atticus had basically revealed that the “rape” was all a made-up story to cover that Bob Ewell beat up his own daughter because she kissed a Black man.
I should have distinguished between the two groups. Thanks for understanding what I meant.
After being commissioned, their “career” comes first, regardless they took an oath