More appropriate for Mr. San Diego ...
would be "From a spark a fire will flare up" - Iskra (spark), transliterating the Russki.
Goesh - youse tough - 5 lbs pull. I'd be thinking more in terms of ounces or grams. But then, I'm just a BB-gunner at heart - and like me, the pieces are old. :D
Ken - Absolutely correct on the bad timing. The release also occured near in time to Pres. Obama's trip to Mexico where the transnational arms trade was a topic (not handled well with respect to factual accuracy) and his recommendation for adoption of the treaty with respect thereto (ATT - Arms Trade Treaty).
Some veterans will be attracted by fringe groups
on both sides of the ideological divide. Some will join other groups that are not mainstream.
Most will not do those things. Well over 90% won't join anything that's too far out of the mainstream simply because they've already done their out of the mainstream thing.
The number who will join is directly proportional to the total number of veterans -- thus a draft might influence it but lowered entry standards will have little to no effect; in fact, those who tend to join fringe outfits are the sharper folks. The occasional dummy will get sucked in as a gofer but that's rare -- it's the guy or gal who believe they're smart who fall for it and join.
I've been giving this a lot of thought
and now I'm pissed off...
Returning vets... a threat??? Really???
Will some returning vets join fringe/extremist movements that MAY use violence as a means of expressing their displeasure with the current state of affairs??? Absolutely, but...
I would argue that the returning vet who does go that route, would have gone that route regardless of service to their nation... In fact I would argue that they join in spite of their service to the nation.
After some contemplative thought... the military de-radicalizes far more than it might radicalize... Imagine how things might be if millions in our society who served and seperated hadn't learned - teamwork, discipline, selfless service, and confidence - Now that is a scarry thought....
So yeah I'm pissed that our society/government has somehow lost such touch with what those members of their warrior tribe instill and hold dear...
Then again, as a former SAMS graduate and operational planner for two divisions and geographical command, I couldn't get a job with DHS/FEMA as an emergency crisis planner despite the fact that I had completed all the on-line course wear
I think Paul Simon pointed out the fallacy well
A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd Into Submission)
Quote:
I been Norman Mailered Maxwell Taylored
I been John O’Hara’d McNamara’d
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled ‘til I’m blind
I been Ayn Randed nearly branded
Communist ‘cause I’m left handed
That’s the hand I use well never mind
I been Phil Spectored resurrected
I been Lou Adlered Barry Sadlered
Well I paid all the dues I want to pay
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
And all my wealth won’t buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day
I knew a man his brain so small
He couldn’t think of nothin’ at all
He’s not the same as you and me
He doesn’t dig poetry He’s so unhip that
When you say Dylan he thinks you’re talkin’ about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
But it’s alright ma
Everybody must get stoned
I been Mick Jaggered silver daggered
Andy Warhol won’t you please come home
I been mother fathered aunt and uncled
Roy Halleed and Art Garfunkled
I just discovered somebody’s tapped my phone
Emphasis added by the poster, not the songwriter.
You might get to hear it at this link