If tone is set atthetop, recall that the Army chief of staff atthe time said the most tragic result of Fort Hood would be if it interfered with the Army's diversity program.
The White House and Pentagon insist there was nothing within range that would have made a difference, but we also know that military officers respond to the political tone that civilian officials set atthetop.
His 114-run stand with Voges (74), from 83 balls, paved the way for Australia's total, their biggest on British soil, after Watson's breezy 68 atthetop of the order set thetone.