The Nobility of the United States Marine Corps
By Tom Bevan
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." - President Ronald Reagan
Do you share President Reagan's admiration of the United States Marine Corps? Do you believe the job Marines do is inherently good and worthy of high esteem? And if your son or daughter chose to join their ranks, would you feel an enormous sense of pride?
These may seem like silly questions, because I suspect to a large majority of Americans the answers would seem to be no-brainers: 'yes,' 'yes,' and 'yes.' But, in fact, there's a group of people in America - a small minority for sure, though no telling the exact size - who answer 'no' to those questions and who don't think that service in the Marine Corps (or any other branch of the United States military) is either honorable or noble.
Recent revelations about the incident at Haditha last November have only highlighted this distinction. ...
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