US Army official calls US Marines “extremists” (fwd)
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>From: “Louis R. Coatney”
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>Some additional thoughts:
>
>1. I believe her remark was no spontaneous “accident,” but a deliberate
> act of provocation and/or intimidation … toward the Marines. If you
> remember, it was the Marines who stood up the strongest and clearest
> against the Administration’s accomodation of homosexuals into the
> service … and …
>
>2. with the campaign corruption … foreign/enemy payoffs … investiga-
> tion beaten, President Clinton now feels free to do what he has
> always wanted to … <50>> investigation gave new credibility to allegations about Ron Brown taking
> commercial bribe money from the North Vietnamese. Brown, of course, is
> buried in Arlington with our other national, historical heroes. He left
> the country in a different way.)
>
>3. I believe BC thinks he can play off the Army against the Marines. We
> will see if Honor is still an Army value. Has the Army succumbed to
> such/lesser temptations in the past?
>
>4. AND this is only going to get worse and worse. Clinton is just the
> (comically) corrupt and clumsy tip of the Vietnam generation iceberg.
> Those students who didn’t serve went on to higher degrees and now hold
> key positions in academia, media, politics, government, ….
>
>5. No matter how anti-military (and anti-Marine) public policy,
> propaganda, and opinion has been in the past, *I* don’t think (the)
> national security (community) has ever been as threatened as it is
> now … and from within … and the academic, media, legal, political,
> etc.) professions have never been so arrogant … and unaccountable.
> Unlike previous generations, the VN generation is a “revolutionary”
> generation that tasted the thrill of the power of the mob … defying/
> mocking/defiling “authority” institutions … and symbols. They think
> they have won … and aren’t at all conscience-stricken about the
> betrayal of the Indochinese (to holocaust) … and our own war dead …
> which that caused.
>
>This iceberg has historical roots … and it is out of control. Only
> reality checks like Saddam Hussein and Kim Il Sung Jr. could give pause,
> but even they will be rationalized … and more will be betrayed …
> given the status quo.
>
>Lou Coatney, mslrc@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu