RW>> And pretty much everybody had deniability, except for the
 RW>> flunkies at the lower end of the food chain, business as
 RW>> usual, another day, another dollar.  HO hum, next channel.

BK>>  Whenever I hear about the leaders having deniability I remember
BK>> the Japanese Admiral we executed after WW2. He claimed he did  not
BK>> know about the massacre in Manila. We said it was his duty  to know.

 RW> OF course it was, and that's what you'd think now, except
 RW> ...

 RW> YOu know the dill.  CYA works quite well.  WE might run a

 One of the things that really get to me.

 RW> few noncoms through the wringer but the folks with all the
 RW> brass didn't know anything, didn't see anything, never
 RW> heard about it.  IF they did, it was a contractor problem.

 Which is why I favor the one boss theory. Anything that is done,
 there is one person who has ultimate responsibility. Who bites
 the bullet if no one else can be found to blame. One person who
 as absolute yes or no authority.

 RW> IF the bigshot handling the contracts in Washington heard
 RW> about it, it was a military problem.  BY the time these
 RW> guys get done flinging bs around the public has already
 RW> yawned and gone back to seeing of some bubblehead from
 RW> hollyweird got in some more mischief that is actually quite
 RW> meaningless.

 Need someone on top who won't accept such excuses.

 RW> A young lady with sergeant's stripes will take the fall for
 RW> the whole pack of 'em and it's business as usual.

 Time to make pointing the finger a moral imperitive.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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