Gangs in the Military Spreading
CBS News reported on an exclusive concerning the rise of gangs within the U.S. military. It is a truly shocking and disturbing trend likely brought on by the military’s decision to reduce enlistment standards due to poor recruitment numbers — a direct result of the unpopular Iraq War. (I know this first-hand, as I have long desired to serve my country but refuse to fight in an unjust war, and I know I am not the only one.)
The danger of these growing factions within the military is quite clear. Around this time last year, the New York Times reported in the rise of the Aryan Nations, and other hate groups, within the U.S. military. With young officers and soldiers — the backbone of our military’s future — leaving the military at such high levels, the armed forces will be continuously forced out of necessity to allow these criminals in their ranks. (The tragic irony is that self-preservation will beget the destruction of the military from within.)
Evidence of gang culture and gang activity in the military is increasing so much an FBI report calls it “a threat to law enforcement and national security.” The signs are chilling: Marines in gang attire on Parris Island; paratroopers flashing gang hand signs at a nightclub near Ft. Bragg; infantrymen showing-off gang tattoos at Ft. Hood. [emphasis added]
The deterioration of the military is a result of this tragic war that was reached from many, many different angles. This is just one of them. It makes you wonder just how long the military can hold before it begins to look like the cast of American History X.
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