Larry Johnson: "He is doing to the Army what Katrina did to New Orleans."

[understandinglife]

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The all volunteer Army’s unofficial slogan used to be, “quality is job one”. The professionalism and strong character the Army achieved, as it rebuilt itself from the damage inflicted during the Vietnam War, is now being undermined. The damage is not necessarily permanent but the trend is going the wrong way. We are now in the midst of an unofficially unrecognized crisis. Our military and political leaders are looking the other way as the military is polluted with the poorly educated, the immoral, and the incompetent. We have been warned in very clear terms, most recently by Andrew Krepinevich, a retired Army officer, who reported the looming danger in a recent report to Don Rumsfeld. And George Bush says things are swell. Yeah, just like New Orleans.

From Broke Back Army on 2 February 2006

More at the link:

http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/02/broke_back_army.html

Feeling safer, America?


Peace.

[Skidmore]

1. They also must be preparing to send thousands of young people

off to be slaughtered. You know there must be a draft in the planning but they won't trot it out until the election is over. The upcoming wars will be kicked down the road abit.

[xultar]

2. DAYUM.... Translation: He's fuckin the Army up.

[Stephanie]

3. Well a government Army doesn't yield any profits to Blackwater

The number one priority of these cons is Privatize Everything. That means the water you drink, the air you breathe, and the Army. Nothing should exist on this planet that doesn't yield a profit to the cronies.

[MadMaddie]

4. Once again Bush and Rumsfeld are so short sited....

Now that they are (lowering the standards) and pushing more uneducated, non critical thinking and even criminals into the military-they are destroying the most important line of defense for America. They are loosing military field leaders in Iraq and have no one to replace them with. When the real war comes and our military is decimated..they are going to have to go the draft. And then you will get an Army of the unwilling.....

To answer your question, "No I am not feeling safe from the true terrorist or our government"!!!

[spartan61]

5. I just read on another forum that ex cons will be allowed

to join the military. What's with that? If you are a felon in Florida you can't vote, but you can join the army. Sheesh!!

[Dr.Phool]

6. Back during Viet Nam, many a judge said before sentencing.

"You've got a choice. Jail or the Army".

[spartan61]

7. I forgot about that.

Thanks for jogging my memory.