Strange thing to say, what is it supposed to mean?
“Strange thing to say, what is it supposed to mean?”
I saw the Colorado National Guard in action in my neighborhood last year when they guarded neighborhoods after the devastating floods here. The privates making up the bulk of the forces were very young, many in the 21 age range, and they appeared to be unsure of themselves, slightly scared, not very well trained, and in general pretty clueless. I had the impression they probably had graduated from high school at best and many appeared to be from rural areas. Given all of that, the fact that they were given the authority to be in charge and the fact that they were carrying guns with live ammo scared the crap out of me.
Relative to my age, they’re children. And it would be criminal to send people like this into intense Ebola situations in some of the worst hell holes of Africa. These guys were barely able to man checkpoints at the entrances to upper middle class neighborhoods.