Yer Damn Skippy we do. Here is a great piece that extols the fact that the values America needs most are beautifully embodied in the Corps and the rest of our military. The Marine ethic emphasizes responsibility to duty and responsibility to others before self. This is the very opposite of the unbridled individualism that elevates profit and personal comfort to high virtues. The selfish and self-centered CEO or senator who disregards and discards his loyal "troops" would be shunned in the Corps. Civilian Americans must understand that the greatest civil rights victories have been won by the Marines and the U.S. military, the most successfully integrated sector of our national life. Why? No racial reference and no racial discrimination. The first time I ever slept in the same quarters with African-Americans or Latinos — or took orders from them — was as a private in the Marines Corps. Yes, America really does need more Marine values and influence. Amen Brother, Amen.
Read the complete post at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Blackfive/~3/3J3GCQ0ZKD0/mark-shields-america-needs-more-marine-corps-values.html
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Jul 23 2010, 04:16 AM
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