Posted on 10/18/2020 3:30:29 AM PDT by Libloather
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Given my experience, I find Cunningham’s conduct offensive in four dimensions. One is legal - he violated Article 133 of the UCMJ by sending sexual text messages to a woman who is not his wife. If he had sex with the woman, he possibly violated Article 134’s prohibition against adultery.
Two, his misconduct set a poor example for juniors. Officers are held to a higher standard than enlisted members and are expected to lead enlisted and officer subordinates by example.
Officership is so important the UCMJ has one article, Article 133, that applies only to officers: conduct unbecoming an officer. No article is titled “conduct unbecoming an enlisted member.”
Moreover, officers are held to a standard of “special trust and confidence.” I heard that phrase in the Marines multiple times. It appears on documents (“commissions”) appointing all officers to their pay grades. Colonels and lieutenant colonels are senior officers and are expected to act as such by meriting the trust and confidence invested in them.
Three is the crimes: sex-related. No military crime is higher-profile today than one involving consensual or nonconsensual sex. Sexual misconduct acceptable 20 or 30 years ago in a military managed by “good old boys” is now unacceptable. Do we need a senator with such poor judgment?
(Excerpt) Read more at greensboro.com ...
Maybe the Army needs a #MeToo program.
Of course, investigation will continue - conveniently - through Election Day. I sure as hell hope North Carolinians can see through the “media”(D) fog and reject Cunningham.
“As reported in the N&R, some women will vote for Cunningham despite revulsion at his conduct because they want a Democratic Senate.”
Yep. Party über alles.
When I was in the USAF, in one of my assignments, I replaced someone who was court-marshaled for adulatory. He was a prior-service enlisted man who became a commissioned officer with about 18 years of service. He lost all the benefits he earned and ruined his career. Unfortunately, a former Commander in Chief (Bill Clinton) got away with doing the same thing others were punished for.
Sorry, but NC like VA is going blue. We have a blue wave of migration from the northeast and they are bringing their NY values with them. Without NC, Trump doesn’t stand a chance.
Sorry, but NC like VA is going blue. We have a blue wave of migration from the northeast and they are bringing their NY values with them. Without NC, Trump doesn’t stand a chance.
Whose standards did he not fail?
His kids, his wife, the other wife’s husband, The other wife’s kids. any of the parents or grandparents, Gods?
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