March 31, 2023 Bracing Views W.J. Astore
A Baseball Game or a Military Parade?
“And I thought to myself: When did opening day in baseball become an excuse for a military parade?”
As the decades of undeclared/unwon wars stack up, militarized sporting events become routine.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
Young people react by staying away from the recruiting office. Their parents and grandparents don’t encourage them to sign up.
A giant flag ritual at the next ball game will make it all good.
Recruiting, and staying out of, or winning undeclared wars in distant lands might be in the crapper, but we are the very best at militarized pageantry for sports events.
Newspeople play the role of federal public affairs staff as authorities prepare for the Super Bowl.
Sorry, no time for newspeople to ask:
Did the advantage of US air power allow the undeclared wars in Iraq or Afghanistan to be prevented, won or shut down?
US jet aircraft have been able to strike targets in what wars won by the US?
Remember folks, the best beers may require the least advertising.
A man on the moon in 1969 was a proud American moment. Today, the country is starving for some sort of positive cause to get behind.
Elaborate, made for TV beer ads and a US Dept. of Defense that seems to specialize in undeclared/unwon wars will have to do.
Never Forget-
The US Armed Forces were irrelevant in defending American rights and freedoms, our physical security, & The Constitution on 911.
Ditto for all other federal agencies and departments.
A special marketing tribute to a catastrophic military failure:
Alternative media – not trying to please everyone:
Related:
Roaring Sports Fans – Military Jet Flyover
Military Recruiting Crisis – DOD Brand Has Been Damaged
Excuses for US Military Recruiting Crisis
Any college or pro football coach would have been fired a dozen times over
America Deserves A Military Recruiting Crisis
Growing Up In The Cold War Era
How does Uncle Sam plan to attract young people to sign up in the years ahead?
Hey Moms and Dads – Ask A Recruiter
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars.
What would be your role be in all this?
Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
How Do The Troops Defend The Constitution?
Not asking about the oath of enlistment. Asking about what happens after the oath has been taken.
Love to see newspeople interview elected officials and let us know how sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution.
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