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Keep Kids Home, Send Old Guys To Fight Wars!!!! February 22, 2009

Posted by Bob Aronson in World Views.
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A friend of mine from Israel sent me the following post.  At age 70 it sure makes sense to me.  Enjoy

 

At 60  the Israeli  Armed Forces think that’s too old to track down terrorists. You can’t be older than 42 to join the military. They’ve got the whole thing arse about face.

 

Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to let us old guys go.  You shouldn’t be able to join a military unit until you’re at least 35. *

 

*For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex every ten minutes, leaving us about sixty times more time to concentrate on the enemy.*

 

***A cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier** and young guys haven’t lived long enough to be cranky. You want cranky?  ‘My back hurts!  I can’t sleep, I’m tired and hungry.’

 

We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some arsehole who
desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for awhile.*

 

*An 18-year-old doesn’t even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys are always up early to pee so, what the hell! Besides, like I said, ‘I’m tired and can’t sleep and since I’m already up, I may as well be killing some fanatical bastards. *

 

*If  we were captured we wouldn’t be able to spill the beans because we’d have forgotten where we put them. In fact, name, rank and serial number could be quite a brainteaser. *

 

*Basic camp would be easy for old guys. We’re used to getting screamed and yelled at at home … and we’re used to soft food. *

 

*They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I’ve been in combat and didn’t see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. *  *Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy too. I’ve never seen anyone out-run a bullet. *

 

*An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He’s still learning to Shave: to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn’t figured out that a baseball cap has a peak on it to shade his eyes – not the back of his head. *

 

*These are all great reasons for keeping our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm’s way. *

 

*Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed-off old farts with attitude and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them. *

 

*How about recruiting Women over 50? … with PMS.   You think men have
attitude !!!!!!!!!*

 

*If nothing else, put us on border patrol. We’ll have it secured the first night. 

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China and India May Hold Your Future May 13, 2008

Posted by Bob Aronson in World Views.
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Never in our nation’s history have we been so challenged as we are now.  While the Presidential candidates speak mostly of crucial national issues which must be addressed, none of them has addressed our future position in the world.  We could easily be the third largest economic and military power by the end of this century unless our national thinking becomes far more strategic.

I have traveled to many countries around the world.  I wish everyone could do the same because doing so offers an awakening. Almost all of the information we get in the U.S. is about this country.  The view from other countries is broader.  Listening to the views of foreign nationals is beyond educational, it is a mind broadening, vital and inspirational experience.  But, you must listen and reason, not defend.

 

As a nation we are myopic, and ego driven.  The farthest thing from our imagination is losing our leading position in the world, “After all we’ve been the leader since World War ll, America cannot be overtaken.”  Yes we can — and it’s happening right now.

 

Experts predict that by 2050 China and India could be equal to the United States in both economic and military power and I see very little evidence of an effort to prevent it.  Our leaders are stuck in the rut of 20th century thinking.  But this is a new millennium, a new world and there are new challenges to overcome.  Old solutions will not work on new challenges just as 1950 communication tools would be ineffective today.  The politics and thinking of old will condemn us to a future of a once great power.  What we need now is genuine strategic thinking, leaders who will begin the process of building a new America.  One that can compete and thrive in a global economy.  None of the Presidential candidates that entered the race last year addressed that issue.  Today’s strategic thinking assumes that the U.S. will always be the world leader. We simply must have a broader view of the world and our place in it if we are to survive.   

 

Our founding fathers were among the greatest strategic thinkers in history.  Consider what they did, it is amazing.  These farmers, storekeepers, soldiers and wheelwrights’ produced a constitution that has survived for over two hundred years with only twenty seven amendments.  Ours is the world’s oldest federal constitution.  The 1787 framers of that document truly had a 50,000 foot view of our country and position in the world.  They knew the world consisted of more than just the United States of America.  It is time that we accepted the same view.  As Hemmingway said, “No man is an island, entire of itself…any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”  Freely translated, “No nation is an island,” and that means us.

 

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