Here comes another one. Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair was fired from his post in Afghanistan due to sexual misconduct. He's charged with sodomy, adultery, and pornography. He's just one of many. Over the last eight years, 30 percent of fired military commanders lost their jobs because of sexually related offenses. When you add drinking and drugs, 4 out of 10 officers with the rank of lieutenant and higher, fired since 2005, were dismissed for these bad behaviors.
http://news.yahoo.com/sex-major-reason-military-commanders-fired-123720150.html
Everybody's trying to figure out what's going on. They want to know why unethical behavior is on the increase. I don't think people are any better or worse than they ever were. I'm inclined to think there is no increase in bad behavior - just an increase in authorities doing something about the behavior.
Besides soldiers, politicians are scrutinized closer than ever. Running for office means having the opposition dig into how many times you passed out drunk in college. Having an inside scoop on someone means having power over them. Power gets exercised from time to time.
Lest you think moral turpitude is something new, consider this:
Eleven U.S. presidents cheated on their wives. We've had 43 presidents, so that's about a 25% rate of infidelity. George Washington might have cheated. If he did, the rate would increase to 27.9%. Thomas Jefferson didn't commit adultery, but after his wife died, he lived in sin with his slave Sally Hemmings. I don't know how many congressmen and senators had extra-marital affairs, but I know Hezekiah Smith, our very own representative to congress from 1879-1881, was a bigamist. http://helpmate4ever.tripod.com/Presidents.html
Various internet sites claim the following presidents were alcoholics:
John Adams
Martin van Buren
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
William Howard taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
George W. Bush
It is said these presidents and vice presidents used drugs:
Bill Clinton - pot, cocaine
Richard Nixon - Dilatin
John F. Kennedy - marijuana, LSD
Dan Quayle - marijuana, hashish, maybe LSD
Early hemp smokers - Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Taylor,
and Pierce
Every so often the History Channel airs a series called "The History of Sex." After you've seen all five episodes, you might agree with me - that sexual shenanigans are pretty much the norm, especially in the military.
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