What is wrong with this picture?
* Posted by Judson Phillips <file:///C:\profile\JudsonPhillips> on May 14, 2011 at 9:48am in Tea Party Nation Forum <http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/categories/tea-party-nation-forum/listForCategory> * Send Message <http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/message/newFromProfile?screenName=2fl51dql7p6if&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teapartynation.com%2Fforum%2Ftopics%2Fwhat-is-wrong-with-this> View Discussions <http://www.teapartynation.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2fl51dql7p6if> The United States Navy takes a lot of pictures. They release a lot of their photos on their website (navy.mil <http://navy.mil/> ). Recently the Navy released a photo of a sailor. What is wrong with the photo of this sailor? <http://teapartynation.com/> In this photo, Seaman Laura Jackson and a sailor from the Thai Royal Navy are painting a bathroom at the Somboon Ranaram School in Ban Chang Thailand as a part of a community service project. There are some very obvious questions. Let’s start with the most obvious. Why are we paying a sailor to do community service in Thailand? This project is not an isolated incident. The United States Navy routinely releases photos of American sailors doing these types of “community service” projects all over the place. They are doing them in South East Asia, Africa and South America. Is this the Navy or is this the Peace Corps? The purpose of the Navy is to sail in harm’s way. The purpose of the United States Navy is to project American power, defend American interests and keep the sea-lanes open for American ships. What other things could this sailor be doing? She could be doing her job aboard whichever ship she is assigned to. She could be studying to improve her job or move up in the Navy. She could even be on liberty. Why are we having our sailors do these “community service” jobs in other countries? If the Navy has a mania that it must absolutely do these community service jobs, there are schools here in the United States that need that kind of help. These are schools used by children whose parents are American taxpayers and who pay for the United States Navy. That still does not answer the question, why is the Navy even doing these projects? The Navy is actively involved with the war in Afghanistan. The Navy is actively involved with the mess in Libya. Islamic pirates are regularly attacking shipping off of the Eastern Coast of Africa, so can someone please explain why is the Navy devoting resources to painting a bathroom in Thailand? The Navy and the military have a huge problem. We have let liberals define what the military is. In the eyes of the left, the military is not an organization for the protection of the country. It is a glorified and gigantic public works project. In the eyes of the left, the military should be doing things like painting bathroom in some third world country. The military has done a good job of subsidizing single parents and the left seems appalled with the military now needs these people and calls upon them to do their duty. The left now wants to force their social norms (or some would argue abnormal social norms) on the military, regardless of what that would do to the ability of the military to perform its primary function, namely the defense of the United States. Again, what is wrong with this picture? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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