Comments on: Heroes of the Korean War: General Haydon Boatner - Part 6 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Heroes of the Korean War: General Haydon Boatner - Part 5 at ROK Drop http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-99769 Heroes of the Korean War: General Haydon Boatner - Part 5 at ROK Drop Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:13:07 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-99769 [...] Next Posting: Lessons Learned from the Goje Incident [...] [...] Next Posting: Lessons Learned from the Goje Incident [...]

]]> By: GI Korea http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40482 GI Korea Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:41:02 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40482 Sean, In playing the blame with Abu Graib Karpinski is pretty high up the chain of command. I really think the only person higher than her that may share direct blame is General Sanchez. Plenty of people want to blame Rumsfeld for it but I don't think Rumsfeld had much to do with what a few idiot guards on the Abu Graib night shift were doing. I think you can make an argument that he was incompetent for not making handling of prisoners a priority but as far as blaming him for Abu Graib I think that is a stretch. You would think a one star general such as Karpinski would be competent enough to ensure proper conduct inside the prison was being practiced. Sean,

In playing the blame with Abu Graib Karpinski is pretty high up the chain of command. I really think the only person higher than her that may share direct blame is General Sanchez.

Plenty of people want to blame Rumsfeld for it but I don’t think Rumsfeld had much to do with what a few idiot guards on the Abu Graib night shift were doing. I think you can make an argument that he was incompetent for not making handling of prisoners a priority but as far as blaming him for Abu Graib I think that is a stretch. You would think a one star general such as Karpinski would be competent enough to ensure proper conduct inside the prison was being practiced.

]]> By: ChickenHead http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40150 ChickenHead Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:05:51 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40150 Heh... "Lessons Learned from the Goje Incident" Didn't you mean "Lessons Presented"? J! Heh…

“Lessons Learned from the Goje Incident”

Didn’t you mean “Lessons Presented”?

J!

]]> By: Sean http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40075 Sean Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:53:58 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40075 Not only do the troops in charge of POWs need to be well-trained and disciplined, but the leadership needs to be of equally-or greater-quality. You mentioned Graner, England and Karpinski, but let's keep moving up the chain of command. For senior officers or DOD officials to allow such a situation to evolve (devolve?) under their watch, then claim ignorance or hang out a subordinate for blame, is inexcusable. Not only do the troops in charge of POWs need to be well-trained and disciplined, but the leadership needs to be of equally-or greater-quality. You mentioned Graner, England and Karpinski, but let’s keep moving up the chain of command. For senior officers or DOD officials to allow such a situation to evolve (devolve?) under their watch, then claim ignorance or hang out a subordinate for blame, is inexcusable.

]]> By: me http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40022 me Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:22:59 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2007/06/03/heroes-of-the-korean-war-general-haydon-boatner-part-6/#comment-40022 I learned that these things can be dragged out taking away the interest factor of the blog I learned that these things can be dragged out taking away the interest factor of the blog

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