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RockRaven

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2. Who watches the watchers?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon May 3, 2021, 11:30 PM

May 2021

Whether or not Trump was involved in this, this is some seriously Trumpy shit.

"Let's take a guy already found to be responsible for bad stuff happening and put him in charge of investigations into bad stuff that happens. A guy like that will bury everything going forward, right?"

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Marine Corps inspector general suspended amid probe into deadly AAV sinking last summer [View all] brooklynite May 2021 OP

Talk about failing upward exboyfil May 2021 #1

Who watches the watchers? RockRaven May 2021 #2

What is the underlying causality being probed? msfiddlestix May 2021 #3

Hope this helps. From the LA Times article. ancianita May 2021 #4

Thanks for this. That's a really strange composite of mishaps due to mechanical failures and poor msfiddlestix May 2021 #6

Goddam goofiness on the military's part, if you ask me. ancianita May 2021 #9

I agree, but you're way kinder than I am! msfiddlestix May 2021 #10

Haha ancianita May 2021 #11

Last July an AAV sank with deadly consequences. discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2021 #5

Incredible. Hard to fathom what the hell was going on with leadership msfiddlestix May 2021 #7

The Marine Corps has a Flag Grade Officer problem. PerceptionManagement May 2021 #8