by Guest on Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:30 am
I think the story is partly or totally bullshit. But if any of it is true, the reason they made fun of him is they don't respect him, probably because he is a malingerer or gay. The disrespect came first, then the racial taunts. If he were tall or short or thin or fat and earned the disrespect, they would taunt him for being tall or short or thin or fat. I can't believe the British Army is that openly racist. The U.S. Army is probably the most meritocratic, egalitarian government institution, unless you are gay. But the rules are known up front about gays in the military. Compare how the U.S. Army treated a Jamaican soldier: they promoted him to General, then to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (the highest uniformed post in the country) and then he was appointed Secretary of State of the United States. I'm talking about Colin Powell.