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Salamander has a superb piece over at the USNI blog. He makes critical examination of Admiral McRaven's recent commentary on the politicization of the Inspector General's process, and in doing so, asks the most pertinent question imaginable.

Where were all those First Flag Officer in the Chain of Command and up the chain further who swore when younger that when they were senior leaders, they would not be part of watching innocent junior leaders flayed alive like we saw after Tailhook?

Where were they in the last decade when RDML Gaouette, CAPT Honors, CAPT McWherter,CDR Jackson and others were thrown bound and gagged in in front of the Star Chamber?

Indeed.  The absence of backbone, of the moral courage demanded of others, has been nothing short of sickening.  Salamander does, however, err slightly in his commentary.

Unfair to McRaven? Perhaps, as this is not his fault.

Unfair?  Admiral McRaven, like every GOFO who sat on his hands or stared down at his appointment book while combat readiness, fairness, and then justice itself was subverted by those politicians who so loathe the military, aided by the sniveling sycophant lap dogs in uniform (Casey, Dempsey, Mullen, Roughead, Locklear, Amos, Clark, et. al.) who lent these corrosive policies legitimacy, shares responsibility for what our military has become.  

Over at USNI, I submitted a comment that may or may not be approved, referencing the following scene:

Those Social Justice Warriors, activists, and advocates who demanded and continue to demand that the "rights" of their special victim group comes before the rights of all others, and before combat effectiveness, unit cohesion, morale, and espirit, claim incessantly to be on "the right side of history", a phrase bandied about by the Social Justice Warrior empty suits in the White House and in the SECNAV chair.  Their demand for absolute fealty and obedience, and their ruthless destruction of those who even hint at dissent, puts them on the same "side of history" as the Brown Shirts goose-stepping shoulder to shoulder under torchlight.  Except that the banners are rainbows, and perhaps, the boots have high heels.  

And men like McRaven should watch the character of Dr. Veeck in the above clip over and over again.  And then ask themselves the same questions he was asked.