Just Politics

[BullNBear52]

They were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt considering his military background and his pledge under the military code of conduct as an officer and a gentleman. The latter it seems turned out to be a lie.

But at the end of the day his was,

Mine is not to question why but to do or die

It is inbred in Marines. Which is why few Marines have ever made it to the top of the Joint Chiefs.