Saturday, September 24, 2005
Never Satisfied
I am truly amazed at how hard the press is willing to work to make the military look bad. We've been following the story of the murder of two officers in Iraq by soldiers under their command. When last we checked, the dead officers wives were trying to get to the Article 32 hearing (military equivalent of an indictment hearing) in Kuwait. In that last look we linked to an article that reported
Esposito said she and Allen were willing to bear the financial cost of traveling to Tikrit. But the military needed to decide soon to give them enough time to arrive before the hearing, she said.With that background, the lead to this article sort of knocked my socks off.
The widows of two commanding officers allegedly killed by a Schaghticoke soldier will fly to Kuwait on their own to witness a hearing in the case.Either this is a classic example of "wife logic" (it's always the guy's fault) or the press just had to find a way to take a shot at the military. either way, I wish they'd get the story straight.
The Army denied the request from the widows of Lt. Louis E. Allen and Capt. Phillip T. Esposito that they be flown to the Article 32 hearing, Allen's father, Robert, said Thursday.
