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atreides1

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3. They just don't get it

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2013, 07:41 AM

Jun 2013

Got news for the chiefs, it's already been shown in two cases that commanders cannot be trusted to make good decisions...if there was something wrong with how the military court system worked then the convicted had the right to appeal the convictions.

It's pretty evident that commanders do not hold offenders accountable, if they did why were there 26,000 reported cases of sexual assaults?

They seem more concerned about the "foundation of military culture", like the French High Command in the Dreyfuss case...maybe these chiefs should read the history of that case!

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U.S. military chiefs balk at taking sex-assault cases out of commanders’ hands [View all] unhappycamper Jun 2013 OP

In principle, I agree with them MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #1

+1 LiberalLoner Jun 2013 #4

Yup. nt Nay Jun 2013 #5

"Victims need to know that their commander holds offenders accountable, not some unknown iemitsu Jun 2013 #2

They just don't get it atreides1 Jun 2013 #3