Lets just look at it this way..............
You don't have to be an actual nitwit to be in the military. When I was in, we were SO isolated, and SO INsulated from real information(as though the news media EVER gives you enough info whether you are, or are not, in the military)we would have done what EVER we were told. That "following orders is no defense" was GREAT in Nuremberg, but whenever anybody gets their tail in a crack, what's the first thing they say??? "But I was following my orders." AND, it aalllll rests on their shoulders, THEY become the fall-guy. Yes, people ARE dying in Iraq & Afghanistan, and I think it is unconsionable, and OBSCENE that they are, a good friend of mine lost a seventeen year old son in the Marines.....they are NOT the nitwits. The ones above who give the orders, who are part of the M-I Complex are the nitwits, because if they aren't, someone else will be. No, we are there to man the weapons and bleed so they don't have to. Don't get me started; IF you feel the shoe fits, then you are welcome to wear it. I know many cops, who even agree w/me, why?? Simple, they are sworn, not to defend and protect the Constitution, but the LAW.....and how many laws are "bad" laws?? Quite a few, actually, but that makes no difference to a policeman, because even if he KNOWS it is wrong, he will still "follow orders" and arrest you. Once I mentioned a conflicting point of Constitutional law to one of my friends, his reply was, "Yeah, I know, but its called a paycheck.......let 'em fight it out in court if they got the money, if they don't? TS, not my problem." And, I heard about the clinton questionnaire, but that made no real difference to billy-boy, he merely signed contracts w/foreign governments to provide troops, "in cases of civil unrest" in the US. And as for us being in the Mid-East-Asia as a result of being "attacked" do a search on your favorite engine and look up, "911-thermite" or "WTC-Thermite", some pretty interesting stuff comes up. Kinda similar to reading, "Day of Deceit, the Truth About Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor". But the fact remains, no matter HOW patriotic you, or I, am/am not, is ANYone really going to take the time and READ?? Or are they/you just going to continue to wear our patriotism on our sleeves and take offense at a statement w/out finding out the "why", the reasoning, for such a statement to be made. Oh, yeah here's two more real sweet examples: The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, where one of our ships was "attacked", turned out to be false, years later. Then there was that embarrassing incident of the USS Liberty where it WAS being attacked and McNamara & Johnson, by VOICE in REAL-TIME, CALLED BACK fighter jets that could have been there in TWENTY MINUTES to vanquish the "attackers" successfully!! And do you know what?? Those "NITWITS" went back to their bird-farm and stood down. And 34 shipmates were killed, and another 173 were wounded, I have Admiral Thomas Moorer's report right here next to me as I type. And how about Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who fought w/the carrier groups and won at Coral Sea, and was a genuine hero...But was villified FOR YEARS on the words of incompetents, and it was more convenient to believe them, than to dig out the facts. And No, when I used the term nitwits, I wasn't speaking about the rank and file, I meant all those who could and would allow themselves to be made into nitwits by the ones pulling the strings. And, I have to say, when I was in there, I probably would have been right there, too, because at that point in time, I didn't know any better. Thats why the young men have to go to war, because they are more physically able, and they don't have all that real knowledge that just gums up the smooth and well-oiled money machine. Here's one I haven't, but intend to read, "War is a Racket" by General Smedley D. Butler. Hey, you were a Marine, you ought to recognize the name.
