RE: Tea Party candidate taken behind the woodshed by an old man asking a simple question
June 23, 2014 at 4:55 pm
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2014 at 4:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Our military is built -to a t- for police actions. Not might, not a modern war, not for a threatening deterrent. It is equipped and trained to do one of two things. Impose the will of a regime, or topple that regime. We keep picking on little desert countries and then puffing our chests "See, see how mighty we are! This is the sort of power that all of this funding buys!" - it's theatre for the worrisome. Truth of the matter, is that "imposing the will" bit and "toppling the regime" is actually what's been buying us all this "goodwill" abroad for awhile. Our military, by it's mere existence, does not grant us any magical immunity or deference. This is why we could have a better military (for doing all the stuff we do, the stuff that gets us that cred we seem to like) while spending far less on said military.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
