Navy Officer Faces Court-Martial for Marrying a Marine Corporal
An exhibit of modern idiocy--two Times articles on May 13:
1) Negotiate a “plea bargain” and drop charges of drug smuggling and assorted pernicious human crimes (too numerous to itemize) against Panamanian dictator, strongman and oppressor Gen. Manuel Noriega if he promises to go away and not do it again.
2) Prosecute to the fullest extent of military law and imprison a Navy lieutenant for falling in love and marrying an (unbeknown to her) enlisted man in another branch of service, citing the “moral implications” and “conflict of interest” of this “dubious” union.
Could Nostradamus have predicted it?
MICHAEL S. KENNEDY
Redondo Beach
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