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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: goffscalif{at}aol.com [mailto:goffscalif{at}aol.com]
>
> > An army is a machine for socializing young men.
>
> An army - or any military force - is a "machine" for deterring,
> and if that's
> not possible, defeating, the enemy.  Any other effect, regardless of how
> valuable it may be, is a side effect.  There are many
> organizations which can
> "socialize young men," leaving the military to carry out its
> mission of - in
> the words of Rush Limbaugh - killing people and breaking things.
>
The military does many things -- but without its strong socializing
capability, it could do none of those things.  Kids right out of civilian
life cannot be parachuted into enemy territory, or landed on hostile
beaches and expected to survive, let alone prevail.  They must first become
warriors.


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