Way back in 1979 at Camp Pendelton no less there was an incident where some black Marines went into the barracks room of some white Marines and stabbed them with screwdrivers. Nothing happened to them after they claimed that they believed the white Marines were KKK and were out to get them. This was not the case but it was determined that the Black Marines had suffered in the past so these other Marines deserved it anyway. And this was 1979 in the Marines. We are in serious trouble as a nation.
"We are in serious trouble as a nation."You have got that pegged right. What many people still seem to miss, post 9/11, is that there is a dual threat to the continuation of this nation. On external, and one internal.
Unfortunately the internal threat cannot be dealt with a nuclear response.
Incidentally, I vaguely remember the incident you described with the Marines. It was on of those events that I viewed as the beginning of the end.