BDF commander missed the point
Thursday, June 12, 2014
However, the commander missed the point in his response to a question from members of the committee who wanted him to explain why the BDF has been silent about media reports that the army top brass is not united.
The commander stated that there is no disunity and everything is fine in the military. “We cannot waste our time responding to media reports when we should be focusing on our core business of defending the nation,” he told the committee. We want to put it to the commander that this is an unfortunate stance he has adopted. First, the army Public Relations Office has a bad reputation of ignoring media inquiries or giving shoddy answers.
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