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| Destroying The U.S. Military |
| 2021-01-29 |
| Read the embedded remarks by Matt Bracken at the link. Comment by the Captain's Journal: What a sad state of affairs. Diversity in the military will never be readiness for anything but failure. God has rules for war and for military service (I won’t rehearse those now, but you can refer to R. J. Rushdoony, “Institutes of Biblical Law”), but they aren’t being followed here. Thus this is alignment with wickedness. Of course, destruction of U.S. military capabilities may be their intent. Was anybody other than me aghast at the terrible state of the NG troops sent to D.C. recently? Those boys and girls had better hope they never face combat. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #5 The guard is just weekend warriors. Some saw combat, but the trust in them was so low that not only did they vet them, but they were never issued Ammo! Toy soldiers for Pelosi to play with. As meaningless as a piece of driftwood... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2021-01-29 11:09 |
| #4 I'd put it a different way. We're all born as residents. American if one of the sperm or egg donor is already an American. At age 21 you pass a citizenship exam and enter the militia. If you enlist in the active military service at 18, 6 months in you can take the exam and achieve citizenship. Citizens get the standard Army issue weapon and 200 rounds to store in their abode. (see - the Swiss) Only citizens have the vote. If you don't trust them with the weapon, they don't get the vote. You forfeit your citizenship status upon conviction of any serious or capital crime. No one is forced to join the militia but you don't attain citizenship status and rights without it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-01-29 11:08 |
| #3 As a veteran, I approve Heinlein's dictum. The problem is that if you have to serve in order to vote, those with connections will get the cushy far-from-combat jobs; the children of the hoi polloi will be put into the meat grinder. Also, to justify that big of a military, you need continuous war. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2021-01-29 10:08 |
| #2 in heinlines 'starship trooper' you cant vote if you haven't served. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-01-29 08:59 |
| #1 What you get promoting careerists over warriors. They're more interested in playing the system than achieving effective focusing on what the institution exists for. Peacetime selection processes should have been thrown out in 2001 and wartime performance should have been made the fundamental criteria for promotions. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-01-29 06:42 |