Stems & Pieces

There are things they never put on the recruiting posters.  There are secrets Uncle Sam doesn’t share with the unsuspecting public.   The reality of accepting everyone into their army is that the unsavory, uneducated and ill-mannered are only a few of the scrapings gathered up and dressed as one. 

The slogan, a few good men, is extremely accurate, there are only a few in the entire bunch.  However, once you are on the inside, after you’ve raised your hand to volunteer to serve your country, only then do you see the back side of the poster.  Only then are you threatened daily that if you don’t fall in line you will be sent to prison. 

It is there you become witness to the harsh reality that the ones who have advanced in rank haven’t done so through education, or achievement, but only through longevity.  In the military it isn’t the cream that rises to the top.  It is those who cannot think for themselves but simply regurgitate the rhetoric.  Authority without wisdom. 

A peek behind the curtain