Now I have a raging freedom boner.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.
America's Military: A force adrift
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Hmm. I'd take it with a grain of salt, but: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.
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.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.
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Basically, this. You just need to substitute the civilians in the poem with the politicians (uniformed and otherwise) who run the military.skb12172 wrote:Catchy quote, but too vague for us Civis. Please elaborate.Yogimus wrote:Watch what happens to combat generals. They are burned at the stake.
War horses have no business in front of a plow.
Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.
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