Posted on 09/02/2008 7:19:23 PM PDT by SandRat
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Johnny Rico. If I can’t identify with the hero of a book or movie I usually don’t enjoy it.
And having been an enlisted Marine I had to identify with Mobile Infantry.
Lt Col Dubois was my second favorite character in the book. It could have been a great movie if done well and stayed true to the book.
I think the most important theme in the book was earned citizenship. What we have now is not working out so good. Freeloader’s votes count as much as anyone else’s. That ‘s not what the Founders intended.
These 190 served in our armed forces to defend our nation in a time of war. They have earned the right of citizenship more than the crackheads, stoners, welfare recipients, and moral degenerates that continue to elect Pelosi and her ilk.
I couldn’t agree more: earn it - not necessarily by learning civics lessons, either. By serving. “But what about people who can’t physically serve, yadda yadda yadda?”. Very narrowly delineated exceptions - flat feet doesn’t cut it. And if you want to get a college deferment, fine: add a year to your mandatory service for each year you defer.
The bottom line is, we have to ask what the sacred privileges of citizenship are truly worth.
Colonel, USAFR
...and thanks for your service, .44
Colonel, USAFR
Thanks to you for yours. I did 4 years. You did at least 20.
Coming up on 24 total - still pulling reserve duty.
“I couldn’t agree more: earn it - not necessarily by learning civics lessons, either. By serving. “But what about people who can’t physically serve, yadda yadda yadda?”. Very narrowly delineated exceptions - flat feet doesn’t cut it. And if you want to get a college deferment, fine: add a year to your mandatory service for each year you defer.”
Very good ideas. My father was turned down because of flat feet for all branches of the military during WW II. He served in the Merchant Marines during WW II and some years after.
I got out a Corporal (E-4). If I’d stayed in any longer I would have been an E-1. Too much fun off duty the last six months or so and a fight on duty prior to that.
Citizenship should not be for sale. What a way for a terrorist or drug cartel member to become a citizen. Cartels have been know to place their members in the military and recruit from them. History Channel had an interesting program on gangs infiltrating our military.
As a former Circuit Defense Counsel, I hear ya - and represented a bunch just like ya! It took me 4 tries to get in, due to an eye issue, so I consider every day I get to serve a privilege and a blessing.
Colonel, USAFR
“As a former Circuit Defense Counsel, I hear ya - and represented a bunch just like ya!
Things never got to the point where I needed the services you offered mainly due to the senior staff NCOs of the units I served in. I owe my final rank more to E-8s and E-9s than I do to my actions.
“Citizenship should not be for sale. What a way for a terrorist or drug cartel member to become a citizen. Cartels have been know to place their members in the military and recruit from them. History Channel had an interesting program on gangs infiltrating our military.”
I agree 100%. But what’s more serious is them stealing a quasi citizenship by sneaking across the border and stealing identities. That’s resulted in millions of illegals here wreaking untold damage to our economy and health care industry.
The stories of gangs and disrupters in our military I remember mainly concerned American citizens or legal residents. I didn’t see the History Channel program so it could prove me wrong. And from my time in the Marines in the 70s most of the problem children were American citizens that abused drugs and/or alcohol or were just unhappy about being in.
At least these new citizens have earned their citizenship and performed a valuable service to our country. I welcome them. And it’s been my experience that most former military tend to be conservative. A win-win for them and our country IMO.
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