Suppose a director general (roughly colonel equivalent) in the federal public service–say in the high-stress finance department–were arrested and so charged. Would our media be engaging in the full-court press they are now putting on the case of Col. Russ Williams?
Would they be asking questions about psychological evaluations (‘The generals hand the air force chief a list of recommendations after an “extensive file review.” That review does not typically include a psychological assessment…’)? Do they think Air Force transport pilots (the official biography stupidly deleted here) are somehow trained killers just waiting to explode?
It’s a helluva story. But f…… upchuck with our media’s anti-military, hurl-making, stinking, AGENDA.
Update: The agenda, Globeite in this case, in action:
Murder charges may unfairly tarnish military’s reputation
Canadians must differentiate between actions of one senior official [er, officer, you idjit] and Canadian Forces as a whole, observers say
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“This is what Canadians will be watching for: will the military close ranks around this, as perhaps we’ve seen in the past, or will they openly co-operate” with the investigation, said Steven Staples, president of the Rideau Institute, an Ottawa think-tank that examines, among other things, the military and defence policy…
That John Ibbitson, the Globe and Mail’s (“Canada’s National Newspaper”) Ottawa news bureau chief and at the same strange time a columnist, can write such a thing without any honest characterization of St. Steve is flipping dishonest, er, journalism. But who’s a real journalist these days?
Perhaps the Globe might just cease fire (Mr Staples’ true love) on the Canadian Forces. Mr Ibbitson’s piece concludes with true, unqualified, crap from Mr Staples:
“This man was part of the elite, the inner circle,” Mr. Staples observed. That elite is exposed and vulnerable, too.
Count the colonels (and Navy captains, to repeat). Some “inner circle”.
