2.04.2005

Military Minds: You've got to question the judgment of some of our military leaders. Like Lt. Gen. James Mattis who recently admitted, "Actually it's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot... It's fun to shoot some people." And Lt. Gen. William Boykin, who famously said that radical Muslims hate the US "because we're a Christian nation, because our foundation and roots are Judeo-Christian and the enemy is a guy named Satan." And where's the good sense in this recruiting image for the army? Where I come from, "fill your boots" means "involuntarily evacuate your bowels due to sheer fright," so it seems like an odd way to lure in young would-be soldiers. But, even weirder is that other context. By cropping the person almost entirely out of the photo, it's strikingly reminiscent of empty combat boots and the impromptu memorials marines create to grieve the fallen.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lots of good stuff, Paul. I had not been to your site for awhile. Hang in.

Pop

Anonymous said...

thanks for the encouragement, and keep reading.

paul