“Whoever wrote it, Marine or not, presents some very valid and frightening points and these points really ought to be the subject of discussion.”
Exactly so. I had a discussion about a year ago with an acquaintance who had served for about 12 years as a Marine in armor. He got out as a staff sergeant the previous year. We talked about life in the military and whether the troops would follow orders or their conscience. We both came to the same conclusion that I stated in my last post.
Your unit is your family. It is very clannish. All else flows from that.
Think about it.......They will be facing and killing regular people who they meet on the street, at movie theaters, ball games and who they have grown up with. This will not be some faceless enemy who has attacked our country or speaks a foreign language.
No, these “soldiers” will be the attackers and the enemy of their own country and people, ordered by their commanders to kill their friends, family and countrymen. In the name of a clearly rogue government.
This so called “Marine” who wrote this is no Marine I ever knew. The whole article is complete fiction.