Posted on 03/04/2005 3:17:23 PM PST by Flavius
It is sad that we are losing recruits, mainly due to the misrepresentations of the leftists, who view the small number of casualties we have had as "horrendous".
This shows the damage the leftist press and the other commie wackos are doing to our war effort. We lost more people in one battle in Nam than we have this whole war.
WWII was a bloodbath of unbelieveable proportions. WWI was worse than WWII.
What will be funny is when the draft becomes necessary to fill the military and we start drafting leftists.
?......due to infiltration by American 'gangs'?
I hope that this article doesn't describe the start of a long-term trend -- that may be good for private businesses who want to hire some of the best of the black community, but it would be a loss for the country.
I've known several at workplaces that flat out said they would go to jail instead of the army if there was a draft.
That speaks volumes...
I've known several at workplaces that flat out said they would go to jail instead of the army if there was a draft.
They know they are NOT ISSUED automatic weapons and ammo in ...'jail'?
What would happen if Automatic Weapons and Ammo WERE to be 'issued' in jail-prisons?
Thank God they were not among Ernie Pyle's peers when Mark Clark virtually sacrificed two regiments in two days in a foolish attempt to cross the Rapido River. (Italy) Just like Gallipoli during WWI, the 36th ID knew it was suicidal, and they went anyway, and kept going, till higher headquarters forced Clark to call it off. . After the war, the division association succeeded in forcing Congressional hearings. Clark got a whitewash.
I haven't followed recent percentages, but when I last looked the percentage of blacks in the military was considerably higher than the percentage of blacks in the general population. There was no discrimination that I could see when I was in the service.
Obviously blacks are listening to their politicians, and their politicians have been viciously partisan against the war. Too bad, because as usual these politicians putting short-term political motives against the welfare of their own people.
Funny...I've been hearing for years that minorities were forced into the military because of rampant racism in the economy.
Lefty sez minority youts' can't get a job because of the honky domination of the means of production. Lefty sez minority youts' hardest hit in combat duty, injuries and death because lack of educational assests makes 'em too ignorant for anything but the infantry.
I guess lefty is wrong, eh?
Until recently, there was little concern for the lives of our men by several generals in each war. In Nam Westmoreland was a nut. The body count nonsense and the various administrations' inability to fight a all out war, doomed us to many casualties.
The rules for engagement for pilots sacrificed many of them. The silly idea we needed to capture jungle to win, also cost thousands. Perhaps it was the disregard for the value of draftees lives that led to this.
Personally, I think the hippy types did a lot of damage to our ability to defend ourselves, by making the military too self-conscious and public relations oriented.
But we must have generals and admirals that understand how to conduct operations without doing stupid things that waste highly trained troops.
I can tell you that a black inner city kid has more chance of getting shot there than in battle.
Unfortunately, most of the inner city black men have felony records and are disqualified from service, anyway.
That's one of the truths not to be spoken of, if you know what I mean. In addition, combat troops remain overwhelmingly white.
It's an indication of what liberal black CongressCritters think that's true, but otherwise it doesn't mean much
Historically southerners, both black and white, have been over-represented in the military. Inner city recruits, of whatever ethnicity, don't tend to stick around as long as suburban and rural ones. They also tend to be harder to train and create more discipline problems.
In a few years Charlie Rangle will be complaining about the many folks getting GI money for school and so little for the blacks.
The last thing the Army needs is bunch of stinking leftists. What we need is a bigger army, which would reduce the deployement burden on individual soldiers somewhat, and thus inrease retention. Plus it would give us more surge and backup capability in times of real crisis.
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