I have not forgotten how to fight, I have scars to prove it, not vague references to 'an agency that doesn't exist'... :roll:
Our military since the fall of 'The Wall' have built itself away from light infantry, the type needed to fight house to house, now we need 100 REMFs to support one grunt.
That 99.99% of Americans don't want to join the Army is typical. Usually men don't volunteer in large numbers for the Army in times of economic stability. Apparently there are enough jobs that men don't see the Army as a good career choice. Whoever is POTUS matters not. BushII's DoD had to offer HUGE bonuses to lure men into the Army during Iraq- Not a lot of guys saw the Army as a life affirming career choice...
FYI as a grunt I can tell you the job isn't to 'extricate' the enemy but to exterminate him... and a bomb does the job just as well from my POV...
But then again it would be my ass in the grass...
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