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That was the case again this week.
Should the Commandant consider resigning?
The answer isn’t just no—it’s hell no.
Rather, he should be entrusted to fix the problem
and given the operating space to do exactly that.
Whether Senator Gillibrand and others want to
hear it or not, it’s a fact that the Marine Corps
doesn’t surveil the internet looking for nefarious
sites. Upon discovery, their response is how they
should be judged as well as what they do to im-
pose control mechanisms to the extent the law
permits.
The nude photos that were posted are not exclu-
sively a Marine Corps problem. The other mili-
tary services are sure to encounter private sites
among their own ranks.
And with the prevalence of social media, it’s
worth asking how much of this is a byproduct of a
deeper cultural issue that compels both men and
women—whether students, employees or uni-
formed military—to allow themselves to be pho-
tographed so freely or even post content about
themselves that they might one day regret.
Congressman Duncan D. Hunter
This should by no means excuse the behavior,
but it should reinforce the point that this latest
controversy is not unique solely to the Marine
Corps.
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The Commandant deserves to be trusted—he’s
earned it. But any suggestion that he might not
be taking this latest controversy seriously or can
resolve the matter with a snap of his fingers is
absurd.
The behavior of Marines who posted nude pho-
tos and violated the rights and privacy of their
fellow Marines is atrocious and it’s something the
Commandant rightly said he won’t tolerate.
What he needs now is less showmanship in the
halls of Congress and more trust that he will lead
in a way that we all expect and know he will.
Congressman Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA) repre-
sents California’s 50th Congressional District.
He is the first Marine combat veteran of the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan elected to Congress.
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