Friday, July 07, 2006

Neo-Nazis in the military?

The Southern Poverty Law Center is evidently very concerned about the possibility that white supremacist gang members may be joining the military. I just have to speak up about this one. I served six years in the Air Force, a very left-leaning Clinton military with many problems derived from the poor leadership of that President. I served in at least four different locations and there were gang problems, but not in the way the SPLC is concerned about.

The SPLC has never once so vocally spoken up that the Crips and Bloods have so heavily infiltrated the Army. In the State of Hawaii, the biggest gang problem by far is in and around Schofield Army Barracks -- where magically there is a big Crips and Bloods problem. The military has long had its own little gangland insurgency and the SPLC couldn't care less. Now that there is a white supremacy threat, they speak up, but even in these dangerous times they can't manage to be balanced. All gangs are a threat to our way of life, not just white supremacists. All gang members should be jailed under RICO statutes and kept there forever. I don't want them in my neighborhood and in my military. However, if the military can stamp the gang-ness out of their recruits, I don't care if they take them in. But the military has been ignoring gang affiliation for a long, long time.

Neo-Nazis in the military?

The Southern Poverty Law Center is evidently very concerned about the possibility that white supremacist gang members may be joining the military. I just have to speak up about this one. I served six years in the Air Force, a very left-leaning Clinton military with many problems derived from the poor leadership of that President. I served in at least four different locations and there were gang problems, but not in the way the SPLC is concerned about.

The SPLC has never once so vocally spoken up that the Crips and Bloods have so heavily infiltrated the Army. In the State of Hawaii, the biggest gang problem by far is in and around Schofield Army Barracks -- where magically there is a big Crips and Bloods problem. The military has long had its own little gangland insurgency and the SPLC couldn't care less. Now that there is a white supremacy threat, they speak up, but even in these dangerous times they can't manage to be balanced. All gangs are a threat to our way of life, not just white supremacists. All gang members should be jailed under RICO statutes and kept there forever. I don't want them in my neighborhood and in my military. However, if the military can stamp the gang-ness out of their recruits, I don't care if they take them in. But the military has been ignoring gang affiliation for a long, long time.