“In this case, however, I think that it would be overly superficial to chalk the decision up to mere political correctness.”
YOU REDUCE TO INSIGNIFICANCE A FORCE WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE NOT JUST FOR INCOPETENCE PROMOTED OVER COMPETENCE FOR 2 GENERATIONS, BUT FOR PROTECTING AN OPEN TRAITOR AMONG THE RANKS UNTIL HE DECIDED TO SLAUGHTER THEM.
AND THEN WITH THIS:
“The problem here is that the response is potentially disproportionate to the alleged punch.”
YOU LITERALLY DESCRIBE PC IN ACTION.
PC requires a mind to hold multiple “realities”. But, as the victims at the Ft.Hood slaughter discovered there is only ONE actual reality.
In the past in this nations military our side, the good guys, had to go a hell of a lot further than popping some enemy in the mouth to wind up on charges. There is plenty of action a commander can traditionall take if he discerns that his word is losing force with the fellas, or that the guys are getting a little loose or sloppy’.
This is all PC run amok. It is the death of Reason befor our very eyes.
Your points are well taken, thank you.
-iq