Why do we continue funding the military to ridiculously high levels?
Chuck Goudie
Ten days ago, the ABC7 I-Team investigated this case.
The two generals were found to have neglected their duties by not deploying enough troops to guard the base and take other measures to prepare for a ground attack by the Taliban...
..."failed to exercise the level of judgment expected of commanders of their rank," said their commandant....
...The result: eight Harrier attack jets worth $200 million were destroyed, the worst loss of U.S. airpower in a single incident since Vietnam. And two marines were killed from the shrapnel of rocket propelled grenades....
Chuck Goudie
September 30, 2013 (WLS) -- For the first time (click here) since the Vietnam War a general-- make that two-- are
being fired for negligence after a successful enemy attack.
The two generals were found to have neglected their duties by not deploying enough troops to guard the base and take other measures to prepare for a ground attack by the Taliban...
..."failed to exercise the level of judgment expected of commanders of their rank," said their commandant....
...The result: eight Harrier attack jets worth $200 million were destroyed, the worst loss of U.S. airpower in a single incident since Vietnam. And two marines were killed from the shrapnel of rocket propelled grenades....
