Twit of Twitters

Ranger Neologism of the Day:

Meanderthal (n):
[a] An American tourist wandering abroad
[b] Materialist members of the "Me Generation"

"A Twit of twitters"
--A Miscellany of Modern Words,
Schott's Vocab
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[Ranger's on the road for the next couple of weeks, so posts will be brief!]

Ranger disagrees with military analyst Loren Thompson's bleak assessment of former U.S. military performance of duty in today's USAToday:

Compared with troops in draft-era wars, today's all-volunteer force is "more disciplined, more restrained than any other military in the world," Thompson says. "When you consider the stress ... the American military has comported itself in Iraq better than in Vietnam, Korea" or the world wars (Ex-Soldier Gets Life for Iraqi Murders).

This statement is totally unfounded. The Army of WWII, Korea and RVN was every bit as disciplined and self-policing as anything we see in today's military forces.

If anything, they are less likely to question "gray area" orders since they have a career to protect. Draft era soldiers were moral by choice, not necessity.