It would me difficult for those you lead, as well as those of equal rank to view her as a Leader of Males, when she has proclamed herself a sex-object, which a nude or near nude female in Playboy surely is. I don't view these women as "bad". I view them with lustfull desire. As do you. I don't wonder what they read. I don't care about their hobbies. Nor do you. Nothing "bad" about that, but it makes for a poor asset in the Military.

If you don't see my point, I can only guess that leadership is not the asset you are concerned with.

–Since when is posing for playboy bad? Take that back.

Thanks for your feedback.

Thanks for the point of view. Make sure you read the latest update on Metzger I linked to at the top of this post. It is becoming more clear now why the Air Force is in full cover up mode.

By the way I miss your blog as well. Make sure you drop a note to let us all know when you decide to start blogging again.

Obviously there is a huge cover-up here and no evidence supporting Metzger's claims has surfaced thus far. While I would always be cautious regarding what host country nationals have to say about US military behavior in their homeland, I think the store's video feed is certainly telling and at this point, I am more willing to believe Kyrgyz witnesses who saw her at an abortion clinic vs. what seems to be a concocted story by Metzger with no evidence to back herself up. (Personally, the story seems completely unbelievable and if you are going to make up a tale about your sudden disappearance, wouldn't you do something a little more believeable than blaming a local for putting a strange bomb like object in your pocket??? Wth???)

I must admit that I am surprised the military is dragging its feet about this. They were fast and public regarding the misbehavior of Kelly Flynn and I was expecting them to make an example of Metzger as well since it is almost obvious her story is not the truth – even if this isn't connected to a case of adultery like many suspect.

However, I agree with GI Korea that there has been a lot of bad PR regarding the Air Force (and US Armed Forces in general) with stories of academy sexual abuse, officers posing in PlayBoy, massive academy cheating, etc. – spanning all branches of the Armed Forces as of late. There seems to be a theme that the military has lost control of its soldiers and what was once a disciplined organization has now turned into a year-round Spring Break. (I know that is a generalization but the way the media has been jumping on these stories, the naive would be led to believe this is so – not a good thing to think during a time of war).

I found the idea that this could be a rape involving a high-ranking individual whom the military is proecting to be an interesting theory as well and one I hadn't thought of before. If this were to be the case, would there be good reason for Metzger to go along with the cover-up? The idea that even if it wasn't a rape but that the truth would cause Metzger to accuse a person of rape was also something that hadn't crossed my mind as well…interesting idea.

Personally, while any of those theories could be true, I don't think that is the main reason why we aren't hearing anything from the Air Force. I personally believe the major reason why this has become a huge secret is that – whatever it is – would harm relations between the U.S. military and its Kyrgyz hosts (and that relationship has already seen some rocky moments in this year alone with situations unrelated to Metzger's story – so its in a very fragile state now). I suspect that the Air Force wants this story to be forgotten by the public and press because should the truth be revealed, it might possibly result in the Air Force getting kicked out of Kyrgyzstan – and because of its geography, that would be a huge blow to U.S. military activities in Afghanistan.

CPT KIM – as for a return to blogging…well, I'm getting ready to move back to the U.S. I'm not sure where the blog will be up again.

We all like to hear from you on this story. You lived in Kyrgyzstan before arriving in Korea.

BTW, I am waiting for you to return to blogging.

J!