America's Military: A force adrift

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JAG2955
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Re: America's Military: A force adrift

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Durham68 wrote:Anyone see this editorial of a Frenchman's opinion of an American Army unit.

Saw it on a local forum. I'd love to believe it, but it seems a bit over done.
Now I have a raging freedom boner.
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Durham68 wrote:Anyone see this editorial of a Frenchman's opinion of an American Army unit.

Saw it on a local forum. I'd love to believe it, but it seems a bit over done.
Hmm. I'd take it with a grain of salt, but:
What is hard for most people to comprehend is that that attitude represented only the most elite units of the past. Current everyday conventional boring 'leg infantry' units exceed the PT levels and training levels of most Special Forces during the Vietnam War.
Yeah, I rarely saw a US infantryman in Afghanistan who wasn't built like they were trying to be a tank. Even my little brother, who was always skinny and quite a bit shorter than me, put on some ridiculous muscle weight when he was in.
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Re: America's Military: A force adrift

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skb12172 wrote:
Yogimus wrote:Watch what happens to combat generals. They are burned at the stake.

War horses have no business in front of a plow.
Catchy quote, but too vague for us Civis. Please elaborate.
Basically, this. You just need to substitute the civilians in the poem with the politicians (uniformed and otherwise) who run the military.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
- Demosthenes
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