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[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:06 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> My reaction at the time was for a <<Martyrs' Brigade for Freedom &
> Democracy, Inc.>> Though the notion of suicide is repugnant to most
> Americans, the notion of self-sacrifice in a military context is somewhat
> more palatable. I therefore proposed that those who have most benefited
> from a military career should volunteer for a Martyrs' Brigade for Freedom
> & Democracy, to be drawn from the ranks of retired military personnel,
> starting with the highest ranks and working on down, as wartime
> requirements dictated. For example, a retired admiral would strap on a
> suicide belt, dress in a burqa, and advance towards a Taliban machine gun
> nest in Afghanistan, and then do the right thing. Culling the ranks of
> retired field grade officers would in fact have the additional side-benefit
> of reducing entitlement payouts that much sooner. The vast pool of military
> retirees should last through a number of future conflicts; but, if
> necessary, volunteers could also be drawn from amongst retired Congress
> persons, and so on, down through the political pool. The undesirable
> effects of wasting youthful kamekazis by the Japanese during WWII should
> not be lost on us, as it has apparently been by other Martyrs' Brigades.

A marvelous suggestiion!

BTW, WRT

> Though the notion of suicide is repugnant to most Americans,
> the notion of self-sacrifice in a military context is somewhat
> more palatable,

cf., e.g., the NT:

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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