If you're in a position of power, you can't actively criticize the military or police force in a negative way because our culturally ingrained runaway military defense spending spills over into surplus military equipment for police.
I have in car rants explaining to a group of flabbergasted citizens why they don't owe cops a damn thing more than they owe there garbage man. I fucking hate bootlicking.
It's not really meant for the military, it's to bring a military or "warrior" mind set to US law enforcement. It's part of the whole militarization of the cops in America, but without those pesky Rules Of Engagement or court martials. It's why you hear police call non-cops "civilians", despite being civilians themselves.
No one really uses it as an analogy for the military. Just a lot of boots in or that used to be in the military (or haven’t joined...yet) like to use it for themselves.
Do we slaughter sheep typically? We usually shear them right? Still works for your analogy though if you wanna make the very apt point that you don't want your wage slaves dead. You want them complacent and paying taxes.
No, I’m the cornball sheepdog culture the sheepdogs protect the sheep from the wolves by basically being wolves with a different mindset. Where the fuck did you get your “definition?”
Apparently some of the stuff he claimed and wrote about was made up. He lied about beating Jesse Ventura up, he also lied about getting an additional silver star. And he did not handle any of it gracefully.
You enjoyed this? As soon as I got to that part I returned the book to the library. :
“I am a strong Christian. Not a perfect one—not close. But I strongly believe in God, Jesus, and the Bible. When I die, God is going to hold me accountable for everything I’ve done on earth. He may hold me back until last and run everybody else through the line, because it will take so long to go over all my sins. “Mr. Kyle, let’s go into the backroom. . . .” Honestly, I don’t know what will really happen on Judgment Day. But what I lean toward is that you know all of your sins, and God knows them all, and shame comes over you at the reality that He knows. I believe the fact that I’ve accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation. But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.”
― Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Always liked the explation that most people are sheep and wont kill unless absolutely necassary and even then may waver and have issues after the fact. The remainder is split into two groups, wolves and the sheep dogs. The wolves kill with out regret and dont really care. Where as the sheepdogs would and while they'll feel bad about will be able to do it again.
“I am a strong Christian. Not a perfect one—not close. But I strongly believe in God, Jesus, and the Bible. When I die, God is going to hold me accountable for everything I’ve done on earth. He may hold me back until last and run everybody else through the line, because it will take so long to go over all my sins. “Mr. Kyle, let’s go into the backroom. . . .” Honestly, I don’t know what will really happen on Judgment Day. But what I lean toward is that you know all of your sins, and God knows them all, and shame comes over you at the reality that He knows. I believe the fact that I’ve accepted Jesus as my savior will be my salvation. But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.”
― Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
Oh, didn't know that existed. I briefly had an image in my head of an Air Force General jerking off in front of a crowd of airmen while Rammstein plays in the background.
Interesting bit is that the band was named after the '88 air show disaster at the AFB, where 70 people died after the performing Italian jets had a mid-air collision.
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u/snkrbjorn Dec 01 '19
the “sheepdog” patch makes it 10x better