Originally posted by hetfield:
If there are more details or facts that make this argument different, the Reverend should make them known, because it really sounds like headhunting the way he explains it.



Just remember, the Reverend probably didn't choose what to put in the article.

I'm not saying this is what happened, but it wouldn't be the first time selective quotes are used.

I don't think we are reading a news release by the Reverend, but instead a news story written and edited by journalists.

So I'll reserve judgement until I can see if these are a few things taken from a much larger interview.

Personally and of course hypothetically, the Rev could have come across sounding pretty angry when grief was heavy on his heart, and perhaps sounded more like what you might expect when he got control of him self.

Of course, that is speculation and he could have been indignant the entire time.

So I just caution all to withhold judgement unless you actually know more than what is presented here.

Also, it seems he was pretty upset with the notion that the whole thing was written off as an accident due to the "fog of war"

I do agree that the "someone anyone punished" is a bit over the top, to put it mildly. However, I don't see the word punish or punished anywhere in the Reverends quotes. I do see him use the word accountable.

Quote:

But the Rev. Howard Johnson Sr. on Wednesday disagreed: "The war didn't do this. The military did this."

He said someone needs to be held accountable for his 21-year-old son's death.



And I agree with this, if America is going to send their sons and daughters off to war, then they deserve the very best in leaders. Because as we can see here, mistakes can be deadly in the military profession.

TB

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