Ya know Larry, the Military has never been known to question the senselessness AND the short-term thinking of certain "deciders".(no matter the elected officials lack of intelligence OR experience...OR lack of historical perspective for THAT matter)
As YOU know, that ISN'T their job and MAYBE the reason why poor Gen. Casey is sittin' on the "hot seat" as we speak(that poor devil is "taking the fall" for..ahem... "others'" "bright" decision making in the recent past, I'D SAY!)
And WHY maybe Air Force tanker toilet seats cost 500 bucks a pop!!!(SOMEBODY'S rackin' in the dough somewhere, and it sure isn't the union worker OR that poor un-unionized soul workin' at WALMART!)
And regarding the U.S.Postal Service...at least THEY deliver our letters almost ALWAYS in a timely manner, for only what...37cents nowdays???(with only the occasional worker "going postal")
Yeah! the Military is a "model" of efficiency ALRIGHT!!!
But DON'T get me wrong. We DO need 'em! But I think what we need EVEN MORE is, as you stated, LONGER TERM REAL WORLD THINKING in ALL of America's endevours, in both the public AND private sectors.(oh...and an EDUCATED electorate which costs money too, ya know...seems to me a lot of the money that coporations AND unions give to candidates so they can insult our intelligence with those moronic TV ads come every election, COULD go a long way towards THAT "little" problem, wouldn't ya say?)
Cheers,
Dwight
(BTW...thanks for your service. I MEAN that)
