It is my opinion that the "professionalization, militarization and specialization" of police forces is at least correlated to the decline of democracy.
Once we hire someone else to take our turn, "standing the watch" we give up on participatory government. But that's another topic altogether.
Last edited by 120mm; 03-25-2008 at 01:58 PM.
I heard General Shinseki speak several years ago.
I could care less about this boob. This thread is on the improper use of the word "warrior" yet this man tries to instill esprit de corp by issuing "new" head gear to the Army, The Black Beret which also use to stand for something. The Marines would not have such.
The other problem is the Political Correctness that has gripped this country. God help us.
They have transmitted that worry to the ever larger population of tertiary students. It has always fascinated me that coterie is first to call for some form of citizen service -- explicitly including the military for some -- but themselves would (did?) go to great lengths to avoid such service. Most would go to equally great lengths to insure that if their children had to serve, it would not be in uniform. I think there's some incongruity there...
As someone currently engaged in university study (security, terrorism and counter terrorism studies), albeit online, I do come across a lot of ‘why don’t we have national service, if only they knew how bad it was they’d all join up’ etc. But rarely do I see those people follow through.
Perhaps this is simply just a case of it being easier to cry from the sidelines that the team should be winning, without actually donning pads and running out to assist.
The French, advised by good intelligence...
of this most dreadful preparation,
shake in their fear...and with pale policy seek
to divert the English purposes
Hevry V Act 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0yVaHKcs9E
-quite a tune by the Kid but I agree that "warrior" causes young men to ignore the reality of all the discipline and sacrifice and hard work leading up to that first fire fight that ends all notions of glory.
/waves to goesh/
Yeah...can't forget the Kid.
"On the plains and mountains of the American West, the United States Army had once learned everything there was to learn about hit-and-run tactics and guerrilla warfare."
T.R. Fehrenbach This Kind of War
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