August 4, 2004
England Swings
Unfortunately. The more I see of Lynndy England the more I'm convinced she's a nasty little troll who needs some serious prison time to ponder her foul ways.
I, personally, do not give a flip fuck what happened to the prisoners at Abu Ghraib. That prison was reserved for Serious Evildoers, not the gape-mouthed fist-shakers corralled in a weekend mop up of a recalcitrant Baghdad neighborhood. I believe, hope, that those swept up in such actions are treated humanely, processed, released. Tommy Franks promised me this is the rule of order.
Back to England: I've seen this type before. In 1976 I was a cadre, a trainer upperclassman, to the first women ever admitted to United States service academies. I figure I was one of about three or four hundred young men to ever have to perform this duty at a service academy in America. Break them in, train them, build them into fine specimens of American youth. I felt I performed that job well, given the utter lack of guidance I received in my particular situation from my superior officers.
The hard part was discerning the wildly varying situations amongst the women (and they were really girls: 17, 18, sometimes 19 years old). Some were forced into the situation because Daddy was an Admiral. Some were lesbians. Some were thrill-seekers. Some were just scared young ladies determined to strike out on their own and make a mark for themselves. Some were street tough. Most were good girls trying to break down a barrier and make a difference. And I did everything I could to help them achieve that goal, that dream, while instilling some traditional values in them.
There were 2 or 3 Englands among them. Troubling and troublesome pieces of trash. You do your best, or your worst, depending on the situation. And these were officer candidates. I don't begrudge fuckin' with a few hardcase Iraqis. I DO begrudge having the American fighter's character impugned, and the lapsers taking pictures of said foolishness.
I hope this vile piece of work does hard time. I really do. She embarrassed us all, as did her comrades.