“Anne Patterson is being made into the scapegoat. She is the President’s personal representative to the Egyptian government. She is the messenger and does not act independently when it comes to policy formulation. Her direction comes from the WH, NSC, and the State Department....”
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Yes, she and many others in the career civil and foreign services have become pawns (many eagerly, some reluctantly or obtusely) of the Washington DC branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. She’s “only following orders” and thus bears no personal responsibility?
She bears the same kind of responsibility that a military officer, CIA agent, NSA officer, FBI agent, etc. bears. "Only following orders" makes it sound like we are all just Nazis who use this excuse to commit atrocities. The fact is that when the duly elected President and CIC gives orders, the people in the Executive Branch follow orders. If a person feels strongly enough about a policy, they have the option of resigning or becoming a whistle blower. Or becoming an Edward Snowden.
For example, how much responsibility do you want to assign to the guys carrying out the drone strikes?