Comments by "Ginny Jolly" (@ginnyjollykidd) on "'A Tragic Mistake': Pentagon Reverses Kabul Drone Strike Claim, Admits It Killed 10 Civilians" video.

  1. A good military person owns up to their responsibilities even as a good civilian does.
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  2.  @faroldpercival1762  What do you mean by optics? Optics is a scientific term with specific definition and a specific field of study. Lenses, images, and proportions.
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  3. Just to clarify, military personnel take the same oath that the President does, that every government worker down to the clerks on the basic level take: To support and defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We take this obligation FREELY, without mental reservation or purpose of evasion. (Yes, I was a government worker, too.) Yes, as citizens of this country, everyone has opinions. But while serving their offices in uniform, our military must act in accordance with this oath, and they have prescribed ways of doing so.
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  4.  @Spathephoros  A 4-star general has too much to lose to admit this. Imaging losing your whole career of 30 years along with your 401K and other retirement benefits, your substantial medical benefits, your CEO status, your contacts in business, your influence, your very high salary, your 4-5 weeks of vacation a year (more!), your jet travel, your limousine privileges, your sea travel, and your voting rights for a jail cell for the rest of your life or at least 20 years, some of it buck naked. This is what this general risks in military terms. An officer doesn't do this because someone watches out for them. And he is one of the highest ranking.
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  5.  @faroldpercival1762  Then call it what it is: DISTORTION
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  6. Thank you for your service, Sailor.
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  7. He didn't say that. For all we know, he and others might be facing a court martial, and part of this may very well be discovery by lawyers (who are probably military officers). And he has a big interest in the outcomes of investigations to build his own case. A court martial doesn't automatically send a military person to Leavenworth. It is a trial like any other trial but under the rule of law in the military. I would not expect him or any other Soldier , Sailor, or Marine to volunteer that they face a court martial. Would you say such if you didn't have to?
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