The
US Military and the Capitol Mob
Mar
3, 2021CHARLES
C. KRULAK
The
US Military and the Capitol Mob by Charles C. Krulak - Project Syndicate
(project-syndicate.org)
As a youngster fresh out of High School and back into the Village of my people,
the letter came!
I did what my family, ancestors, friends and neighbors did only because of a promise to my father
I joined the navy!
Long story short;
After a long train ride from my ship to visit my mother in the
hospital in intensive care while stepping out of the station and into a roughly
crud of youngsters I was hit in the head from something hard flying from this
crowd and splashed with fake blood while this crowd was screaming BABY KILLER
BABY KILLER!
I woke up in the emergency room
with my mother
in a wheelchair
at my side!
Read
this if you will?
((Then came Vietnam, where most Americans never really knew what their country
was fighting for. When the conflict finally came to its ignominious end in
April 1975, there was no victory to celebrate (and it certainly was not
fireworks that flew
from the roof of the US embassy in Saigon). Unlike previous
generations, those who fought in Vietnam were not honored for their service and
sacrifice. Equally important, the public backlash against the war led to the
end of military conscription, which fundamentally transformed the relationship
between the military and the American people. The rift created by the shift to
an all-volunteer military has grown wider ever since.
But Americans should have faith. Notwithstanding a few outliers,
the
US military is unwavering in its support of, and dedication to, the US Constitution.
Those in its ranks who harbor extremist views will be discovered and dealt with appropriately.
Looking ahead, recruitment methods will be strengthened to weed out extremists.
Recruiters will have to look not only at candidates’ social-media activity but also at their “body paint”
(tattoos)
and other potential indicators of extremist or racist sympathies.
Interviews will need to
be more pointed, and education for active members improved.
While the troubling trajectory of US military-civil relations has created fertile ground for some members to be radicalized, it is important to remember that the insurrectionists represent an exception.
The US military has defended American
democracy for centuries and will continue to do so, in keeping with our noblest
traditions)).
The
US Military and the Capitol Mob by Charles C. Krulak - Project Syndicate
(project-syndicate.org)
