There was no coordination with me or Colonel Pappas. There was no discussion about chain of command.
More Quotes from Janis Karpinski:
Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control.Janis Karpinski
While accepting her share of the responsibility ... were not the work of a few wayward soldiers and their female leader.
Janis Karpinski
We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift.
Janis Karpinski
Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop the war, to find Saddam - whatever the information is going to be used for, at whatever cost.
Janis Karpinski
If you hold thousands of prisoners, you have to feed them, clothe them, care for them, provide medical attention - and there were no provisions.
Janis Karpinski
I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.
Janis Karpinski
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: pappasI've been on the other side of the table many times, trying to get people to be sympathetic to projects, and I've been the victim of that kind of intense kindness masking extreme stupidity.
Tilda Swinton
Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes.
Dennis Muren
I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry.
Robert Morgan