Well, I'm not having a great week. It seems that all my teachers have unanimously decided to give me three weeks worth of work in these five days before break. Tonight, after finishing half an hour of math and over an hour of English, I still have a good half-hour of French ahead of me, not to mention a full hour of physics and at least an hour and a half of SAT prep work, for the SAT class I'm taking, which will keep me from getting home until 9:30 or so tomorrow evening, so I have to get the jump on Thursday's homework as well. The long and short of it is...well, the long of it. As a direct result, this is going to be one of my shorter posts. Anyways, I found this video on my computer's home page...
http://msnvideo.msn.com/?channelindex=10&from=en-us_msnhp#/video/b130452d-a02b-4d27-9d9d-990f81dbd36a
This is both astonishing and unnerving, in that it throws into sharp relief just how powerful our nation's military really is. It isn't something you suspect to hold any water here in America. Besides, these guys are the elite of the nation's forces. But one has to wonder if these men are the face of America, to our enemies. When people across the world view Americans, many of them view the American stereotype...when they think of the American military, I would think they would see something quite different. When nations like Iran and China have to contemplate negotiations with America, do they picture men like those in the video, who will take those who oppose them out of their homes in the middle of the night and imprison them? More importantly, is this something we should try to change, or something we should use to our advantage?
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