Posted on Dec 15, 2015
Did you know that A World War II Veteran has Surprising Words for Millennials Who Won’t Join the Military?
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Did you know that A World War II Veteran has Surprising Words for Millennials Who Won’t Join the Military?
A new poll reveals that even when most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS, they are overwhelmingly unlikely to join the military themselves.
RP Members what do you think?
https://www.ijreview.com/2015/12/491627-harvard-poll-millennials-wwii-vets-draft/
Does that sound cynical? Well, a World War II veteran doesn’t blame them.
Legion of Merit recipient Gaetano Benza, who joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 and fought in Normandy, told Independent Journal that during World War II:
“Guys would quit school and quit jobs to go to war. I can understand why people would not do that today because America is not America anymore.
“Yes, it’s still the greatest country in the world but we’re involved in so many things. During World War II we were out to take out a tyrant; but ISIS is out to take over the world.”
Benza told Independent Journal:
“The enthusiasm (today) is not there like we had when we were joining for the war.
“I was ready to quit school. I was in my last year of graduation. I was going to a navigation school at that time and when war was declared I was 17. And a lot of my friends were ready to quit school. … But you needed mom and dad’s signature to join at 17 so when I was 18 I immediately went into the Army. …
“When we were there we were out there to do a job and complete that job. We fought all the way through to the end.
“The way we plan today is not the way we planned and they don’t have the generals we had: (Douglas) MacArthur, (George) Patton, (Dwight) Eisenhower. They were the ones who fought these battles and they led us into battle.”
A new poll reveals that even when most Millennials support military intervention against ISIS, they are overwhelmingly unlikely to join the military themselves.
RP Members what do you think?
https://www.ijreview.com/2015/12/491627-harvard-poll-millennials-wwii-vets-draft/
Does that sound cynical? Well, a World War II veteran doesn’t blame them.
Legion of Merit recipient Gaetano Benza, who joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 and fought in Normandy, told Independent Journal that during World War II:
“Guys would quit school and quit jobs to go to war. I can understand why people would not do that today because America is not America anymore.
“Yes, it’s still the greatest country in the world but we’re involved in so many things. During World War II we were out to take out a tyrant; but ISIS is out to take over the world.”
Benza told Independent Journal:
“The enthusiasm (today) is not there like we had when we were joining for the war.
“I was ready to quit school. I was in my last year of graduation. I was going to a navigation school at that time and when war was declared I was 17. And a lot of my friends were ready to quit school. … But you needed mom and dad’s signature to join at 17 so when I was 18 I immediately went into the Army. …
“When we were there we were out there to do a job and complete that job. We fought all the way through to the end.
“The way we plan today is not the way we planned and they don’t have the generals we had: (Douglas) MacArthur, (George) Patton, (Dwight) Eisenhower. They were the ones who fought these battles and they led us into battle.”
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs This is a great posting.
Mr. Bemza summed it up perfectly, in WWII the war was fought to win. It was done half-assed. Today due to a myriad of outside factors from the economy, to social media, to political correctness, and everything in between, those tasked with fighting a war are tasked to do so with impossible limitations. How quickly could we end ISIL using dumb bombs followed by mechanized and infantry assault on ISIL controlled territory? If the generals were allowed to take the gloves off and win the fight in the way they see fit, it would not take long at all. Problem is that any collateral damage at all is considered unacceptable. So instead of winning the fight, they are forced to analyze, verify, analyze again, check for civilians, then send a candy gram before a strike can be made. When you tie the hands of those tasked with executing a plan, it is hypocritical to call it ineffective when it does not work.
Mr. Bemza summed it up perfectly, in WWII the war was fought to win. It was done half-assed. Today due to a myriad of outside factors from the economy, to social media, to political correctness, and everything in between, those tasked with fighting a war are tasked to do so with impossible limitations. How quickly could we end ISIL using dumb bombs followed by mechanized and infantry assault on ISIL controlled territory? If the generals were allowed to take the gloves off and win the fight in the way they see fit, it would not take long at all. Problem is that any collateral damage at all is considered unacceptable. So instead of winning the fight, they are forced to analyze, verify, analyze again, check for civilians, then send a candy gram before a strike can be made. When you tie the hands of those tasked with executing a plan, it is hypocritical to call it ineffective when it does not work.
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PV2 Glen Lewis
We haven't taken the gloves off and won a fight since WWII Colonel. I often wonder if this isn't why we don't have more enlistees. I thought after Korea we would finish Vietnam and that was my mindset when I enlisted. It has been discouraging to me that we aren't allowed to finish what we get involved in. The current situation is the Middle East is very frustrating to me. You always seem to have a grasp on these questions and I am wondering if you might be thinking along the same lines.
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