This is a letter to my Tactical Handgun Trainer, from a friend and student who is in the military. It is one of many that have demonstrated that the current American Military Institution has been poisoned by Political Correctness, fear of responsibility for "accidents", and the idea that troops are more expendable than opportunities for promotion.
This letter is not an anomaly, but one of many similar communiques from men currently serving, to a man they honor as a fellow warrior.
Other friends of mine who have been on bases, and in war zones with the troops, confirm that this anti-gun mentality is rampant throughout our current military.
("ND"= the accidental or unintentional discharge of a weapon. Injuries caused by NDs are all too common. Because of inferior training. Far more police in America shoot themselves accidentally than ever get shot by bad guys. NDs will happen, but they need not cause injury or death if one is trained in, and practices, safe weapon handling procedures. Our soldiers need superior training...not disarming!)
The Gunslinger
28 Sept 07
Everything but the truth! This sad commentary from a currently-deployed officer, in Country:
"Having spent three decades on active duty, here is my view:
Damage inflicted upon our military culture by MacNamara/Johnson, Carter, and Clinton has been irreversibly institutionalized, and the current Bush Administration has done precious little to turn it around:
Being promoted has taken precedence over mission accomplishment and devotion to Duty. Eg:
(1) Good men, needlessly killed and maimed during contact with the enemy, as a direct result of ill-preparedness and poor training, is not career-ending. Training injuries are!
(2) Good men, killed/maimed as a direct result of being inexplicably unarmed while occupying remote outposts in hostile territory, is not career-ending. NDs are!
(3) Failure to accomplish the mission is not career-ending. Failure to dot an "I" or cross a "T" in some insignificant/irrelevant, multi-ream document is!
(4) Deployed soldiers, morbidly fearful of (and blatantly unfamiliar with) their primary weapons, is not career-ending. A single loose round of ammunition, discovered in the pocket of some tired, hapless soldier eating lunch, is!
... ad nauseam
Those few of us who are still devoted to the defense of the Constitution and to our Duty, and who are still trying to actually make the System work have
grown weary of mind-numbing sound-bites, whose purpose is to make lies sound truthful, sleazy misdeeds sound respectable, and lend a suggestion of substance to pure wind:
"Peace, with honor;" translation: "Ignominious defeat"
"Workable solutions;" translation: "Ignominious defeat"
"Satisfactory resolution;" translation: "Ignominious defeat"
"Redeployment;" translation: "Ignominious defeat, combined with cowardly flight"
"Surgical strike;" translation: "Futile pin-prick, which serves only to confirm our lack of resolve"
"Ongoing negotiations;" translation; "Excuse-making in progress"
"Safety concerns;" translation "We don't trust you with guns"
... ad nauseam
We still have courageous people in uniform, but even we daily have to make potentially career-ending decisions regarding our personal safety."
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