via Wired's Danger Room:
One of the US Army’s rising stars stands accused of obstructing an inquiry into widespread corruption and mismanagement of the Afghan forces he mentored. And if the charges are accurate, they could end the career of one of the military’s top officers.
Lt. Gen. William Caldwell IV, until last year the US officer in charge of training Afghan security forces, allegedly blocked a Defense Department inspector general investigation into a pattern of misconduct exhibited by the Afghan National Army’s medical division. Aided by his senior staff, Caldwell prevented that inquiry to spare his command embarrassment ahead of US national elections.
“How could we think to invite the DOD IG [the Pentagon inspector general] in during an election cycle?” Caldwell allegedly upbraided subordinate officers who favored an outside inquiry in fall 2010. Caldwell, supposedly in an “emotional” state, yelled, “You should know better!” (continue reading)
Other reading:
Islamic Mediators and Germany's 'Two Legal Systems', By Joachim Wagner, Spiegel
‘Institutional Failures’ Led Military to Teach War on Islam , By Spencer Ackerman and Noah Shachtman
Via Drudge:
US military instructor suspended for course portraying Islam 'almost entirely in a negative way'...
REPORT: 'Political correctness' dogs military...
Obviously concerned with making Chairman of the Joint Chiefs...if this had never come to light he probaly would have been. I'm sure the "Chief Turd " Barry would have found a way to reward him, if it had'nt come to light. He's probaly a Liberal in the spirit of Wesley Clark...who knows? Maybe Clark was one of his mentors ?
Posted by: PALADIN | June 20, 2012 at 06:00 PM