Friday, November 16, 2012

Strangelove: Fact or Fiction?


 
As we were watching Dr. Strangelove I started to reflect on my military experience. I found that some of the issues that Kubrick was making a joke out of are really the way the military works. For example, the communication is very slow moving up and down the chain of command and gets extremely distorted as it moves. I was reminded of an exercise one of my elementary instructors performed on my class. She took student one into the hall way and told him a secret, when she came back into the class she sent the next student out, the first student was suppose- to tell the secret, come back to the class and send the next student out and so on.  I was last to go, after I was told the secret I had to come back in and announce what was told to me. What I said had nothing to do with the initial message. One would think that if an elementary class can figure out “the more people involved the more distorted the information,” then you would surely think the military has a grasp on this. Sadly they don’t.
The military should restructure based on what I call, “common sense.”  There are too many things that a guy in an office thinks are great ideas, but if he would leave his office and come to the battle field he might see how ridiculous some ideas are like wearing a reflective belt across the body in a combat-zone.  Commanders say it is for safety so other Soldiers can see you. They must not realize the enemy can see the Soldier too--again common sense.  This skit sums up the reflective belt compliments of www.youtube.com and Action Figure Therapy.
 
 
 

 
 



Saturday, November 3, 2012

The United States and JesseYoungs Vs.George W. Bush

 


In class we watched the first segment to The Untold History of the United States. The very same day when I got home I got the book from Amazon. I started reading and found I couldn’t put this book down.  Chapter 13: “The Bush-Cheney Debacle” has enraged me. I am a veteran of the Iraq war. I joined the Army with the sense of duty, honor and defending the Constitution. I lost a year of my life, my health, my family and most importantly my dog, so Bush and his buddies could make money. I found it interesting that 142 different countries want to bring Bush up on war crimes.
I need a good Pro Bono Lawyer! I would like to sue Mr. George W. Bush for a whole list of grievances. To name a few of these  grievances :Lying to the American people about Iraq and the justification for war, stripping rights of American citizens, price gouging military logistics, breach of the Geneva Convention, emotional stress, and pain and suffering.
In conclusion, Bush was and is the worst president in American history and I blame him for the pain and suffering of many people around the world. I’m glad you can sleep at night Mr. Bush. I look forward to the day that I can kick you in the balls.