HUMOR Digest - 18 Mar 1998 to 19 Mar 1998

Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 03:31:05 -0500
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: The USA at Peace (?)

With all the turmoil in the Middle East, the uncertainty with Iraq, as well as the continuing unrest in those countries which once made up the USSR, it does my heart good to see letters to both Dear Abby and Ms Manners from people whose most pressing concern is the proper response to a gift.

Personally, I felt a lot more safe and secure in 1953 when I had to fear was fear itself.

Sometimes I wonder about West Point though. Are they trying to build men capable of kicking butt world wide, or just Notre Dame's and Navy's in a football game ?

Even the Drill Sergeants have a new prospective on things. One was addressing his charges: "Look at y'all. Ya hair ain't combed, ya uniforms aren't pressed, ya lines are all crooked. Suppose war broke out now ? Is this how y'all want to represent the USA ?"

If push does come to shove with Iraq, this will be the first war ever fought over disarmament, if ya think about it.

Imagine trying to keep busy in the peace-time Navy. One Seaman was asked by a Chief if he had swabbed the decks and polished all the brass.

He replied, "Yes Sir. And when I finished all that, I took out my binoculars and swept the horizon."

Thank God for the Marines though. In spite of Clinton's high-level appointees referring to them as "radicals", I just hope they haven't changed much.

I mean, just think what would happen if they landed on a beach somewhere, and they all broke out their sunblock.

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