Today I checked out some posts by Donald Sensing and Phil Carter.
I've reread the post by Phil Carter a couple of times (That's right. It's raining and I don't have a life and my hair is still orange) and the following is an excerpt from his post:
However, I can't help but think that there were some salient differences between this MP unit and the active-duty MP units I served with. You see, in the Army, active-duty MP units are as anal-retentive as they come when it comes to discipline. I used to say that an MP soldier would get an Article 15 for something that a scout would get a beer for. And it's true -- MP commanders typically are very strict with their soldiers, in order to set the standard of "no slack" and establish a clear moral framework for their soldiers. Young MP soldiers have a staggering amount of responsibility for their age and training, and it takes strict discipline to keep everyone in line and make sure that little abuses of authority don't become big ones. In my personal experience, this attitude towards discipline does not exist in many reserve component MP units, though that varies widely based on the individual unit leadership of the unit. It's too early to tell whether this was part of the problem at Abu Ghraib, but the investigations will certainly focus on this aspect of the issue.
I tend to agree with him. However......yeah, that's right. This post has an however . However, I've been reading their stuff for months and it occurred to me that their output is becoming increasingly output without any input.
I like Donald Sensing. I like his writing. He has a post that I'm going to put below because I feel it's important. Then I'm going to comment on it.
Enforced absence My cable internet service has been AWOL all afternoon. A couple of quick items:- Some readers have sent me some really good email today. I've scanned it all but won't have time to read it thoroughly very soon. I really wish I had the time to reply to each one, but sorry, the volume is such that I just can't.
- I am about to leave for one of my periodic ride-alongs with the sheriff's department (I am a voluntreer chaplain). I'm taking my digital camera and if anything exciting happens maybe I'll get some pictures to post.
- I thought Rummy did very well today before the Congressional committees. Note that he emphasized what I posted on three days ago, the problem of command influence on prosecutions. I never was a military lawyer, but I'd say that the command-influence line has been full crossed, more than once, and that successful prosecutions will now be extremely dificult, if indeed they are even possible any more.
I believe that Phil Carter and Donald Sensing have become so involved with their own opinions that they fail to see that there are other opinions.