Posted on 07/21/2004 4:03:26 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
You should REALLY check out Discovery Channel's DVD "Navy SEALS" before you start making such accusations. Better still, go to Fort Bragg and see what the Rangers or Green Berets think of such insane statements. You better be a very good runner after you state it to such people.
You're missing the point of my statement. Furthermore, it's absurd to claim that a society has a "warrior mentality" simply because one-thousanth of 1% of the population is a SOCOM operator.
That's sort of like the communists claiming that Soviet Russia was an economic powerhouse simply because they had a couple of millionaires.
By "warrior mentality", all I mean is that 1) you recognize that things such as life, property, and Freedom are worth fighting for, dying for, and killing for, and 2) that you personally take responsiblity for acquiring the tools and training to do so.
Most Americans lack it thanks largely to 50 years of programming by the state.
Some folks still haven't learned their lesson.
A few days ago, a gentleman from New York was arrested in New Jersey for fighting back against someone that was trying to steal his car.
Even 20 years ago, the outcome would have been much different, since pilots were armed back then.
People want to feel like they are "doing some" by getting all emotional about a bunch of guys setting off a metal detector.
After the group hug, then folks will sit around nodding their heads in agreement with the statists that call for "more security".
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