But this still denies the problem. Only a lack of discipline and professionalism would allow a General to run off at the mouth and be fired in front of the international audience. If this problem exists at that level, how bad do you think it is as you go down the chain? It's a complete lack of discipline, pride, and brotherhood that would allow a soldier to murder his own. It's a complete lack of professionalism that would allow a soldier to use a Qu'ran as target practice as other soldiers of other ranks simply watch. A plot to murder civilians by a group of soldiers shows a complete lack of cohesion and leadership in the unit itself.
Even the Corps hasits discipline problems. The difference is that they know all day that they have no freedom to express their malicious opinions or to misbehave according to their personal disapprovals. I've been on airplanes a lot this year already. For every two or three squared away soldiers I see walking through the terminals I see another that's unbloused, slouching, unlaced, or simply looking like he hates his uniform. This attitude to "buck the system" translates throughout the ranks and into events abroad. Why do you think the Marine Corps is so big on insignificant details like "Irish Pennants," hair cuts, weight standards, wall locker inspections, CGRIs? It's because if those are sloppy, it will translate into something later that will matter.