the use of a professional armed force by the u.s. commander in chief needs popular consent right this is a democracy right congress needs to give the ok when ever the public purse needs to be used right well here’s an honest way around the whole popular consent business perhaps our troops need the legal ability to bill the beneficiary directly if we find some clever well heeled lobby trying to railroad the government into unleashing our warriors so they can pull off some kind of crafty private treasure grab damn it thats mercenary stuff right so i say pay up gentlemen stand and deliver every thing’s got a price so whats it worth to you if you’re picking up the tab check this out now they come up with the funds before hand pass the hat maybe they do a telethon hire Jerry Lewis and Geraldo Rivera if its worth it to them why the fuck not you got some bizness needs armed wet work sure just COME UP WITH IT and if per chance there ‘s a public externality an actual public benefit we’ll match you out of the public purse to the extent of that benefit the motto no free rides not for special interests and not for general interests either ok to use conscription dollars for general benefits but its got to be subscription dollars for special benefits -------------------------------------------- corporations listen up heres the upside no need to build private armies anymore why bother when Uncles already got the greatest and now it can be yours for the right price ----------------------------------- if the oil boys need a cheap refill or shaky setups like the rip offs now running of Senegal need a prop up call Uncle want a special detail for a clean up or clean out somewhere and the u.s. Congress see no conflict with our national interests and values well partner just dummy up and our troops are at your disposal we’ll even give convenient payment terms stretch it out slow it down you name it we’re easy and by the way we can be confidential no one i mean no one will know till you’re already eating their breakfast got a problem needs a forced entry to solve we got the worlds best answers so come on in and lets get it on whatever works and is consistent with your payment history and other obligations need protection need seizures anything fair and anything square and we’ll take the assignment but remember in case you got any funny ideas about skating on the bill our guys can do a pretty fair job of collections too so don’t even think about stiffen’ old Sam ---------------------------------- speaking of restructuring maybe we need to go postal on the structure make the arm forces just like the postal service and amtrack cut them loose tell each arm to float on your own fat at least in peace time do that and bam watch out they will sure as the devil has horns start to improve first off they’ll learn to market yep market baby market learn to create armed formations with some sex appeal for once custom assembled ready to roll full service all arms expeditionary packages and each one available today at a one time only special just for you introductory rate --------------------------------------- heres how it could work back stage the brass submits to congress a pay as you go based MSP (minimum subsidy plan) to cover the peace time public good value of their services and also a FIB (force investment budget) To fund all capitol expenditures procurement of arms building facilities R&D recruiting and training etc etc etc you ‘ll be amazed especially if a nice portion of the savings recycles into a top brass only incentive pool yes they’ll do their damnest to make operations better then self funding through value based service fees and privitization of support functions why Senator the sky truly is the only limit think about this a little you may relieve the american taxpayer of a huge chunk of the defense nut who knows how much take the marines my old out fit under the new mandate they could cover themselves completely no subsidy at all they can do it let them charge the gov like anyone else for example they supply us embassy security thats easily made chargeable hey theres a sure kill mission mr gookface how would you like to see a us marine out your window each morning guarding your hiney u.s. marines guarding everyone’s hiney they ‘re the best make em availible how about trying on this selling point for size why not use us jar heads we’ve safely guarded the world’s number one ogre for 200 years we sure as hell can protect little old you third world second world you name it its like 180 squared thats over 32,000 locations to guard and we’re just talking one location per country per country god even a 60% market share ....... besides it would do wonders for global stability it can work hell its already worked exhibit a gulf war one that little sucker paid for itself didn’t it paid for itself and then some and I’m not talking just incremental costs either no sir desert storm cover her full burden plus ok so a kuwait doesn’t get grab bagged every six month one word for you retainer put the lambs on retainers besides if the askings slow you can bet the brass will proact propose an action why not throw a proposition out to some big credits those jap corporations they got overseas dreams don’t kid yourself ----------------------------------- besides step back a moment hasn’t it been time for a change any way todays forces face it strictly pork city designed to stomp a 50,000 tank blitzkrieg across the plains of germany today whats that all about what the hell if they’re coming the soviets will be driving yugos bring ukrainian sluts and spreading incurable prison TB and how about our 5,000 war head missile launch on moscow and all points north east south and west of there for a thousand clicks talk bust bin a history forget about it mission accomplished the jobs done ok so you ‘ve quaked for 10 years over this change over ya called it the big bang restructuring the real neutron bomb you got to write off 40 years of hard ware you’re still carrying on the books so what just do it now the neat new forces are going to cost you peanuts in comparison this time around collecting from the free riders out there maybe uncle himself ends up paying 2/3 less per force dollar imagine cutting defense costs by 65% and losing nothing thats hundreds of billions of dollars keep that or put it back in the right hands and it buys a lot of fun , padre ------------------------------------------ bottom line if you ain’t a yankee doodle its a dangerous world out there so you got to get yourself the proper protection right we could even offer a battle ready force to the UN itself saint fucking Woodrow hell work this right and we just might find ourselves fighting ourselves Jesus Goodness and Glory collect on both ends not all that new really most times when things get hot we’re already getting our own equipment shot back at us so sister whats the diff who cares if down the road a fellow american is pulling the trigger i can tell you one thing no real warrior is going to care after all he knows the best combat has always been a fair fight hell look at the fucking civil war now that was a real scrapPosted by pinky at March 5, 2003 10:19 PM
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