05-27-2006, 05:31 AM
i know i'm beating a dead horse.
the army is half full of crooks, thieves, and gangsters. i know i was in the army, LOTS of people join the army as an alternative to jail if the judge allows it. i was arrested for tearing down christmas lights and my recruiter talked to my judge for me and got me off probation and only had to pay a fine. mostly crooks are lower ranked non commissioned officers but there alot of high ranked soldiers, officers and ncos that weren't involved with vietnam and have no real combat experience other than maybe panama or grenada and by then they were field grade officers who weren't on the front lines anymore. there are no active duty wwII or korean veterans that i know of so about half of the upper leadership or less were the second lieutenants and privates of vietnam. the other half grew up in the mid 70's and eighties and may have participated in panama, grenada, and the gulf war but that's about it, they dont' have the same pride and dignity of the heavily portayed "50's era" soldier image would have you believe. furthermore, even old soldiers like oliver north are not immune to scandals and neither are presidents. you can't trust these guys implicitly, it's a much different country than WW1 or WW2.
the army is half full of crooks, thieves, and gangsters. i know i was in the army, LOTS of people join the army as an alternative to jail if the judge allows it. i was arrested for tearing down christmas lights and my recruiter talked to my judge for me and got me off probation and only had to pay a fine. mostly crooks are lower ranked non commissioned officers but there alot of high ranked soldiers, officers and ncos that weren't involved with vietnam and have no real combat experience other than maybe panama or grenada and by then they were field grade officers who weren't on the front lines anymore. there are no active duty wwII or korean veterans that i know of so about half of the upper leadership or less were the second lieutenants and privates of vietnam. the other half grew up in the mid 70's and eighties and may have participated in panama, grenada, and the gulf war but that's about it, they dont' have the same pride and dignity of the heavily portayed "50's era" soldier image would have you believe. furthermore, even old soldiers like oliver north are not immune to scandals and neither are presidents. you can't trust these guys implicitly, it's a much different country than WW1 or WW2.