The army, relying on both their childish capacity for cruelty and their human instinct for survival then gives them weapons and drops them into battle. Version of Swift's Modest Proposal : Giuliani style sweeps of the world's slums (think Rio, Calcutta, Soweto- the poor will always be with us) grab up adolescents under 15, male and female.
In a vivid, well imagined scenario, Campbell comes up with a more plausible Army is currently unilaterally extending enlistment terms, the National Guard is an increasingly hard sell, and a draft is political suicide. The 21st century reader will immediately wonder who will man this army, given that the U.S. Unfortunately they still need a standing army to handle 'problems' both stateside and on extraplanetary colonies. There is one great thing you will be able to say when this war is over.Did you follow the Iraq war with less enthusiasm than Fox News had for our video-game-like weapons? But we have to protect our soldiers, too, right? Where is this world going? In Bill Campbell's 23rd century, Earth has been United under a high-military-tech, global consumerism democracy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose!. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. I don’t want to get any messages saying, ‘I am holding my position.’ We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Patton rouses the US Third Army, June 5, 1944 History Tip of the Day – May 26th General George S. Twenty years from now when your grandson asks what you did in the great World War II, you can look him straight in the eye and say, ‘Your Granddaddy rode with the Great Third Army and a Son-of-a-Goddamned-Bitch named Georgie Patton!’” - From Killing Patton There is one great thing you will be able to say when this war is over.
What became known as “The Speech,” was later made memorable in the movie Patton. Patton was renowned for his stirring, vigorously vulgar remarks to his troops.
History Tip of the Day – December 12th General George S.
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