Buzzflash: Fired Walter Reed General Had Questionable History

[demobabe]

Instead of accepting any blame for the Walter Reed Hospital scandal, the White House instead scapegoated its commander, Maj. Gen. George Weightman. Of course, the Bush Administration shares in the responsibility too because it also oversees the hospital and the appointment of the military's top brass.

We searched through the depths of the internet to try to find more about just who Weightman is and why he was entrusted with so much power. There is not much out there, but what we did find was quite troubling.

"How many really banged-up, mangled bodies can you take care of before, all of a sudden, you just get numb or can’t handle it anymore?" Weightman asked while serving in his previous post. "We refer to that as 'compassion fatigue'."

Did Weightman himself suffer from "compassion fatigue?" Maybe he was just a victim of his own suggestion: "If you want to retain military physicians, deploy them."

That astonishing allusion to "stop-loss" sounds eerily reminiscent of Bush speak, but not quite as much as when he said on 6/9/03, when he was one rank lower, that Operation Iraqi Freedom "was the most successful military operation in history." (was and the are the most operative words in this sentence)

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/187

[jannyk]

1. He was only there 6 months - from everything I've

read Kiley, the one now in overall charge is the one that should be keelhauled. There have been 3 Commanders in 5 years, Weightman being the most recent, but Kiley has been 'in charge' for 5+ years and, from what I can gather, the real problem.

[babylonsister]

2. Kiley is a pig; claimed all the rodent/rat problems stemmed from

the soldiers' unhygenic ways. He lives across from Bldg. 18, too.
Kiley's gotta go.

[demobabe]

5. Nevermind you lost a leg, soldier...

Clean up your act! You're causing rats with your bleeding stump.

Insult on top of injury on top of insult and more injuries. Should never have had an Iraq war on top of it all.

[lyonn]

7. Heard this same info this a.m., is he is a scapegoat?

Kiley appears to be the real scum.

[SpiralHawk]

3. But of course. He's a republicon crony.

Someone was maybe expecting honesty and competence?

From a republicon?

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Danascot]

4. Freedom medals all around

Heckuvajob

[demobabe]

6. kick

:kick:

[demobabe]

8. On CNN right now

Talking about how the treatment at Walter Reed was being privatized... by a former Halliburton nepotism...

[dogday]

9. This guy suffers from Good Job Brownie Syndrome aka

Abu Ghraib complex.. It is where the top Administration officials blame anyone in charge, instead of take responsibility themselves for the decisions they have made...

[demobabe]

10. Yes, we do have a recurring theme here...

The guys at the top have no trouble giving the money to their friends tho...