On a recent trip to AC, at the magic show, an USAF fellow was there. With wife and two little girls. (Guess he was leaving from McGuire) Under duress, he revealed that he was about to leave on Thanksgiving for a FOUR MONTH ROTATION as a medic to the “war”.
Of course, this made me start thinking.
Why four months?
… because 181 days in a war zone gives certain benefits, entitlements, and pay.
Why Thanksgiving?
… no clue. (A human being might have scheduled the 4 months to split the holidays.)
Why are we always at “war”?
… because “war is the health of the state”.
Why do we regard the military as a job?
… that family could lose the husband.
Why?
… because we don’t have the stones to stand up to the political class and say “no”?
“Dona Nobis Pacem”
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Reinke Faces Life 