BF>    But, to give you the short story, 

and totally /wrong/ story...

 BF> he claimed that an ex ZC still held the "rank" of ZC 

no... i've been saying that they are equal to the ZCs due to their ZC experience...

 BF> (because "the US way is the only way"), and

no... definitely not...

 BF> therefore it was totally in line with P4 to elect him IC.

that was part of it, yes...

)\/(ark