Procrustes Stretched
"intuition and imagination and intelligence"
Chain of command and the superiors got their orders from? and from ....
hey moron, the chain doesn't always go very far up. orders can be given at any level.
A Sgt's orders do not necessarily come from the CinC
btw, a Commander of a base is usually in charge of his/her base
And if he was hung out to dry by someone above him they would have stated so.
Same old story. All ifs and maybes and no facts.
This was a command decision. We can argue all day long why it was a bad decision and I believe it was a bad decision but to lay blame on Panetta because folk do not like him without any evidence is beyond stupid.