“Our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserve Forces comprise the greatest fighting force the world has ever known.”
Not great enough to win most of the wars DOD has been involved in since the US Dept. of Defense was established after WWII, in the late 1940s.
“….they have stood on the frontlines of freedom — risking everything to keep the light of liberty burning bright at home and around the globe.”
Light of liberty is burning bright at home?
While the troops were deployed, federal law was signed prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to adults age 18-20.
President Biden,
Can you help us to understand the militarized version of freedom here?
December 21st 2019 KOMO News
Legal age to buy cigarettes, vapes raised to 21 nationwide
“Signed into law by President Donald Trump Friday as part of the new $1.4 trillion spending bill, a new measure prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.”
1983 – US Marines in Lebanon
Year After The Beirut Marine Corps Barracks Bombing
18-20 year old adults may not stop off at the mini-mart and legally purchase a six pack of beer:
National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984
Wrong audience for student loan forgiveness programs?
“My Administration helped fix the student loan system, easing the burden of $160 billion of student debt for nearly 4.6 million Federal student loan borrowers through various actions.”
In the 1980s, Uncle Sam offered a chance for people to earn college money while doing time in uniform:
Go and interview this generation of veterans and ask what they think about recent student loan forgiveness programs.
Ask if they will send their kids and grandkids down to enlist today.
1980s Army College Fund – Dad Shows Support
CNN Nov 11, 2023
Biden honors Americans who ‘stood on the front lines of freedom’ in Veterans Day remarks
Sorry, no newspeople available to ask:
Mr President,
Going back to the 1990 Operation Desert Shield,
How would American freedoms today be any different if US troops were never sent to Iraq?
Uncle Sam is having a hell of a time finding people to sign up for the US Armed Forces. Pretending that decades of undeclared/unwon wars are linked in any way with American freedoms is the kind of dishonesty that will snuff out the energy American families once had for encouraging young people to enlist.
Good luck with your US Armed Forces recruiting crisis.
The country struggles with:
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Below, are some random thoughts and questions newspeople will not ask. Our questions appear in bold type.
Possibly of interest:
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
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.
Look for newspeople and school teachers to ask zero questions in these areas.