Starvin Larry

Yesterday USNI News published an article entitled “Marines Consulting Outside Experts for Fixes to Recruiting Challenge”. Tucked away in this article is a stunning admission by the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Eric Smith. Speaking to a conference of Marine and Naval officers about the recruiting nightmare they face, Gen. Smith said this:

“It is just a matter of time before we are once again called to defend our nation and, perhaps, on our own shores.”

Although for most “switched on” individuals this is nothing new, what’s significant about this statement is that it comes from a general officer in the Pentagon.

American military supremacy was an undeniable fact for the last several decades, and we grew comfortable with this reality. Too comfortable. As our foreign policy crumbles before our eyes, along with it goes the security we had here in the homeland. The botched withdrawal from…