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No kiddin'. I have a nephew in the 101st Airborn. You want to take a guess at how the news of the traitorius b@stard fragging the command affected me? Still, I didn't publically jump all over the brass and question their ability to make decisions, OR depend on the media for information.

A good question to ask is....why was a Muslim who has been "behaving strangely" for a few days and told he would not be allowed to advance with the rest of the brigade allowed to guard hand grenades? If the man is a "Black Muslim" as in Farrakhan's Nation of Islam why was he allowed to be a member of your nephew's unit at all, or even be in the US Army for that matter?

I can ask those questions. Its a good thing to ask those questions. If you classify that as "jumping all over the brass" then so be it.

"A good question to ask is....why was a Muslim who has been "behaving strangely" for a few days and told he would not be allowed to advance with the rest of the brigade allowed to guard hand grenades? If the man is a 'Black Muslim' as in Farrakhan's Nation of Islam why was he allowed to be a member of your nephew's unit at all, or even be in the US Army for that matter?"

I AM questioning everything about the perp, and so is the military. However, don't get sidetracked : the questions you were asking previously had to do with our military tactics somehow being static the first few days of the fight. Jumping all over the brass. When I repeatedly stated that they HAVEN'T been static, that you were paying attention to too much media hype, you stated a concern for our troops. The story about my nephew was simply put here as an example of my OWN very real concern for our troops, and I haven't found a reason to publically jump the brass over it yet.