02-20-2009, 05:43
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Someone Let the Cat Out of the Bag
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02-20-2009, 06:06
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Wait, different cultures instill different values in their members that make members of some better soldiers or participants in democracy than others?
 SAY IT AIN'T SO.
What's the over/under on how long until the PC crowd starts making a stink?
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02-20-2009, 08:32
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ganau.
Absolutely a good quick read. We always know and have known. The hardest to advise are the Regular Army leadership. Blitzzz
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02-20-2009, 09:20
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Yep. 
Richard's $.02 
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02-20-2009, 09:42
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We have over 300,000,000 Americans.
We have just over a million three on active duty.
Less than a forth of those are "Combat Arms" personnel.
We cannot keep the Army Special Forces Groups "manned" even with those numbers.
That article not only reflects on other nations but us as well.
I remember the movie "The Last Samurai", the next one will be "The Last Green Beret".
We are also a nation of "sheeple".
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02-20-2009, 10:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
That article not only reflects on other nations but us as well.
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Yep.
Richard's $.02
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“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)… There are just some kind of men who – who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” - To Kill A Mockingbird (Atticus Finch)
“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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05-15-2009, 08:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
That article not only reflects on other nations but us as well.
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Yessir, on an extremely large (and growing) scale.
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05-15-2009, 17:15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
We have over 300,000,000 Americans.
We have just over a million three on active duty.
Less than a forth of those are "Combat Arms" personnel.
We cannot keep the Army Special Forces Groups "manned" even with those numbers.
That article not only reflects on other nations but us as well.
I remember the movie "The Last Samurai", the next one will be "The Last Green Beret".
We are also a nation of "sheeple".
Team Sergeant
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Very true, I'm afraid.
I look at the hoards of kids playing youth soccer as compared to football or wrestling and I am not encouraged that this situation will reverse itself in the near future.
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