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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I don't think the answer to the following question will depend on your political viewpoints. What would you do to punish her, if anything, for Abu Ghraib and, now more directly, for her conversation with the BBC (whether her information is correct or not)?
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(a) For Abu Ghraib -- I would ensure that she actually was formally "relieved of command", with an appropriate letter in her file. I'm not at all sure that was ever done. It seems to me that this is the sort of "career-ender" typically administered to senior officers who permit lax disciplinary environments with lousy unit cohesion and poor mission accomplishment.
It also seems that the situation is far too confusing to justify more than that -- even aside from the public embarassment the government would suffer from the evidence that would emerge at a full court-martial. If I were Karpinski, I'd probably accept the GOMOR and retire, but would reject any attempt at more and insist on a full court-martial.
(b) For the conversation with the BBC -- unknown. Did she violate any order against speaking to the media? Did she reveal anything secret? If not -- there is nothing to be done about it. Her statement probably shows appallingly poor judgment, but what else can you do to her, since we're already firing her?
S_A_M
