Originally Posted by germ

I see your point, and I agree with the idea of what youre saying.

However...after he lied, he stepped down from his position and denounced the lies and the administration. From my perspective he was just doing what all good military men do...what the people above him ask.

They used him as a sacrificial lamb because they knew he had absurd amounts of credibility. Im not saying that absolves him of any responsibility...but to a certain extent I think he was just doing his job.