Apparently tired of covering the election, the war and Iceland’s emergence as a terrorist state, the “Most Trusted Name in News” is apparently also looking to become the Most Trusted Name in Not-News:
From CNN:
More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota soldier, who fears that “Ratchet” could be killed if left behind.
“I just want my puppy home,” Sgt. Gwen Beberg of Minneapolis wrote to her mother in an e-mail Sunday from Iraq, soon after she was separated from the dog following a transfer. “I miss my dog horribly.” Beberg, 28, is scheduled to return to the U.S. next month.
[…] Beberg and another soldier rescued the puppy from a burning pile of trash back in May.
Also among today’s top 10 CNN stories: a polar bear at the Milwaukee County Zoo slipped and fell but is okay, and Ringo Starr won’t be returning any more fan mail.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Rawda // Oct 14, 2008 at 2:22 pm
It’s funny how rescuing a dog makes headlines in ” The Most Trusted Name in News”, while the mere mention of trying to save any of the people who live there isn’t. Are they doing anything for the families of the million casualties that wouldn’t have died had they not gone in there???
2 Joe // Oct 14, 2008 at 8:56 pm
This Non Commissioned Officer failed to follow her direct orders. She blatantly disregarded the safety of her soldiers that the U.S. Army entrusted to her care in order to befriend an animal that had the potential of carrying numerous diseases. She did this out of selfishness and now she cries to the liberal media for satisfaction.
Sgt. Beberg has absolutely no regard for following orders and the fact that she is leaving Iraq is merely a blessing to any soldiers that she has been tasked to protect. She lacks integrity, morals and ethics.
I am certain that her company, battalion, and brigade commanders are glad to be rid of her.
One can only hope that the UCMJ will come in to play and finalize this sorry excuse for an NCO.
3 mark // Oct 14, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I can understand the argument that it was irresponsible to disobey orders, but isn’t it a little extreme to say she lacks “integrity, morals and ethics”? Wouldn’t it be more reasonable to say she saw a cute puppy in need and had a little lapse of judgment?
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