Cruz hasn’t served a day in the military and doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.
The chain of command is exactly where allegations in a military setting should first be heard.
Turning prosecution and investigation over to others is a terrible precedent.
When Beau Bergdahl deserted, who had the right info? The president, the lawyers, the generals. Heck no...it was the troops in his own squad.
He doesn’t have a clue on this.
Therein lies the issue. How many times have we heard that superiors in these instances do NOTHING? It is quite a bit.
Sex is more a private matter where the troops would not have the right info. On one hand, Cruz has a point with conflict of interest. On the other hand, there should be no prosecution unless there is evidence and many if not most rape accusations are false. I’m a little torn on this one. Hopefully Ted will expand on his position. It is a little ambiguous.
Exactly. He will also tell us a lot of BS about his father fighting in Cuba that does not add up.
Having done countless 15-6 investigations and presiding over a couple of Article 32s, I must say I am not a huge fan of the current system.
They assign officers to perform these investigations who, like myself, have no experience in investigations, court room procedures, etc.
There has to be a better way of investigating potential wrong doing.
That doesn’t mean he can’t make a rational decision based on looking at the outcomes of the trials. His teachers have said he’s a brilliant debater.