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June 4, 2006
Profiles in Moonbattery: Janis Karpinski
You may remember former Brigadier General and alleged shoplifter Janis Karpinski from the gala Abu Ghraib media orgy. She was the one busted down to Colonel for dereliction of duty and deceiving investigators.
Karpinski responded to this disgrace by loudly proclaiming that she was being made a scapegoat to protect those higher up the chain of command, as if the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and/or the Secretary of Defense should be held accountable for discipline lapses at overseas prisons.
Having cast aside the notions of honor, loyalty, patriotism, and common sense that would prevent most career soldiers from behaving this way, Karpinski now finds herself in a position to make a career of her self-serving squawking. She has joined the down-with-America lecture circus, appearing beside such notable moonbats as Ray McGovern and the Ditch Witch to denounce American policy.
Testifying before a kangaroo court calling itself the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration, Karpinski planted seeds of paranoia in the fertile manure that can be found beneath the tinfoil hats of her audience:
She said women serving in the military in Iraq have been raped while using outdoor latrines in the middle of the night where male soldiers lurk in wait for them, and that several women have died in their sleep from dehydration owing to their decision to drink no water past mid-afternoon in a country where temperatures average 120 degrees, that they do this in order to avoid having to get up in the middle of the night to use the latrines.
In terms of the willful stupidity required to believe this whopper, Karpinski may have topped her bizarre claim that Donald Rumsfeld's office ordered the activities represented in the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs out of which the media got so much mileage. People just don't die of thirst when they know water is readily available.
Naturally Karpinski's deranged opinions and shameless willingness to propagandize against her own country has made her a hot property for the MSM. Check out this video of an AP interview, in which Karpinski had the following to say about allegations of atrocities by American troops
I wish I could tell you I was completely surprised, but I'm not… It's almost to be expected… particularly of the Marines. But it really makes me wonder where else this may be taking place… Are these isolated incidents as they would want us to believe? I don't think so.
Thanks, Janis. Very helpful. Keep it up and I'm sure we can look forward to your face on TV every evening.
Hat tip: Gateway Pundit, on a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at June 4, 2006 2:46 PM
Comments
I know she was busted down to Colonel, but is Karpinski still in the Army? If she is, how does she get away with this?
Posted by: phil at June 4, 2006 3:36 PM
She definitely has an "Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS" vibe on her, with more than a touch of 'Aunt Butch.'
Posted by: V the K at June 4, 2006 4:28 PM
Why are all moonbats so ugly?
Serious question.
Posted by: Leigh at June 4, 2006 10:04 PM
UNCLE FESTER!
WE FOUND YOU AT LAST!!!
Posted by: Cav at June 4, 2006 10:37 PM
ditch witch? lol, poor Cin
uncle fester indeed.
Well anyway rangel has at least been exposed here. I saw him on oreilly a couple times....
I`m glad you`re around helsing.
Posted by: Mickey at June 5, 2006 12:07 AM
I found the answer. According to the article from which she was quoted, Karpinski is retired.
Read the whole thing. Its a howl. Especially for someone from a military background.
"the fatality statistics reported to the media by the Pentagon do not include suicides, deaths in accidents or deaths from illness"
Thats funny. The Stars and Stripes publishes a casualty list every day, including names and cause of death.
"None of these deaths by kidney failure have been reported by the press, she notes."
Probably because they never happened.
Posted by: phil at June 5, 2006 7:29 AM
No one has to listen to this nut janice or the msm to find out what is going on in iraq and all other places that our militaryi s fighting, all I have to do is go to the site defendamerica.mil
they even show the pictures, a lot of these nuts dont know that any one can get on a pc and get correct intel about the war at this site it is put out by the people over their I trust them not janice or the msm.
Posted by: gene at June 5, 2006 2:21 PM
