OPINION:
The Republican Party is all about equality in everything, including justice. It believes there should be swift, transparent and fair investigations and everyone ought to be held to the same rules and standards. (Defense Secretary Hegseth, you might want to really lean into this one.) Why, then, is Army Gen. Erik Kurilla General Kurilla — the head of U.S. Central Command — still “under investigation” for an incident that happened in September 2024? The four-star general reportedly shoved an airman who asked him to sit down and put on his seat belt during a flight on a C-17.
Kurilla took command of CENTCOM in April 2022, and those jobs are normally a three-year tour. That would mean he is possibly leaving and then most likely retiring next month. Is the Defense Department waiting this out so he can retire? Will Kurilla be held as accountable as a U.S. Marine Corps captain who was relieved for shoving a soldier?
All the military branches have their tyrannical generals. Unfortunately, they are allowed to stick around. Is Kurilla a tyrant? We may never know.
THOMAS HENION
Stafford, Virginia
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