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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)