The U.S. fighter pilot who bombed Canadians will appeal

The military judge sentenced Major Schmidt as heavily as he did, because he said Schmidt showed only arrogance and no remorse.

Apparently, Major Schmidt doesn't think he's got any reason to be remorseful.

Major Schmidt was not available for an interview. Mr. Gittins said his client's comments about the reprimand “could not be printed in a family newspaper.”

  Globe and Mail article

I'd say he's vice-presidential material.

An Illinois Air National Guard fighter pilot acted shamefully and arrogantly when he ignored an order to hold fire and dropped a bomb that killed four Canadian soldiers in 2002, an Air Force general has ruled.

Maj. Harry Schmidt was found guilty of dereliction of duty in the friendly fire disaster in Afghanistan. Lt. Gen. Bruce Carlson, the 8th Air Force commander at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, issued a scathing reprimand of Schmidt and ordered him to forfeit two months' pay -- $5,672.

Yeah! Who the hell does that judge think he is anyway?! A reprimand and two months' pay for ignoring an order and bombing the Canadians. The nerve!

$5,672 is two months' pay for a wartime pilot? Well, good god. No wonder we don't always get the best results.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.