Johnny Rico. If I can’t identify with the hero of a book or movie I usually don’t enjoy it.
And having been an enlisted Marine I had to identify with Mobile Infantry.
Lt Col Dubois was my second favorite character in the book. It could have been a great movie if done well and stayed true to the book.
I think the most important theme in the book was earned citizenship. What we have now is not working out so good. Freeloader’s votes count as much as anyone else’s. That ‘s not what the Founders intended.
These 190 served in our armed forces to defend our nation in a time of war. They have earned the right of citizenship more than the crackheads, stoners, welfare recipients, and moral degenerates that continue to elect Pelosi and her ilk.
I couldn’t agree more: earn it - not necessarily by learning civics lessons, either. By serving. “But what about people who can’t physically serve, yadda yadda yadda?”. Very narrowly delineated exceptions - flat feet doesn’t cut it. And if you want to get a college deferment, fine: add a year to your mandatory service for each year you defer.
The bottom line is, we have to ask what the sacred privileges of citizenship are truly worth.
Colonel, USAFR
...and thanks for your service, .44
Colonel, USAFR