"The lesson of Iwo Jima is in fact an ancient one, going back to Machiavelli: that sometimes free societies must be as tough and unrelenting as their enemies."
By WWII standards, we fail miserably. Two-thirds of the Marines who fought at Iwo Jima would be charged with war crimes if the battle were fought today. The persecution of Marine Lt. Ilario Pantano says it all (www.defendthedefenders.org).
This being true is a sad commentary on the influential few who make the rules that govern our treatment of the most necessary members of our society, our armed forces.
Why do we allow these sorry political hacks both military and civilian to get by with their America last attitude toward our magnificent armed forces?
American people get your head out of your nether regions and take back control of the treatment of our first line of defense, our magnificent armed forces.
Allow death only to silence the voices of the "The Greatest Generation" and their supporters
America, we must win this battle for the ones who have willingly accepted "Old Glory" and what she stands from our hands with the same oath we lovingly and vehemently took when we were called upon to protect our Nation from her mortal enemies in our day!
May God continue to bless America!