In Praise Of Soldiers # 2--A Book Review

REJOICE!!!---That the USA can still raise up the types of military personnel (Especially senior NCOs and mid-range, Captain to Colonel, officers described in that book---Who do much, much, more to preserve peace in this world and to bring credit to the USA than all of the “cookie pushers” employed by “Foggy Bottom” (ie The State Department).

Kaplan, Robert D.
Imperial Grunts---The American Military on the Ground
Random House; New York; 2005

This book very clearly lays out the reasons for my commands that you rejoice through the author's reports on his travels throughout the world, to those places where our troops are making a difference or, most certainly, attempting to do so as to gaining allies, fighting terrorists, defining the real enemies of Western Civilization (ie Islam), and generally doing good for the our sake and that of all other, civilized, peoples.

The troops (One ex-Coast Guard) described by Mr. Kaplan would be recognized by St. Bernard ***(Who lived when the first Crusaders were trying to take back what had been illegally and illicitly taken by Muslim thieves and aggressors) and by any real student of history as the new, devoted, disciplined, right-thinking and right-acting Crusaders of this Age.

This book should be read by: All of our nations military leaders and by those civil officials concerned with the military and with “foreign affairs”; By all editors, reporters, columnists and commentators who deal with those subjects; By all “peaceniks”, so called “religious leaders” and others who so shamelessly criticize our troops; And, by everyone else who wishes to feel thankful for the efforts of those best of our citizens who so reliably serve in our armed forces (I exclude the military bureaucrats and “political generals and admirals who are money wasting “time servers”).

*** Please see the “In Praise Of Soldiers # !” just previously on this blog.