SemperFiUSMC
Master
- Jun 23, 2009
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Integration is the key. Big Army doesnt want units seperated, even if it could mean better results overall.
I would support a fully Sikh Company, if the numbers were there, but then again, I might also fully accept "fully" *fill in the blank* Company, too.
Until then, I am surprised Big Army made exception, but I am curious where the line will be drawn in the sand, or if there is hidden agenda behind this.
Are you OK with the Buffalo Soldiers? Or the Tuskeegee Airmen?
Interestingly, in the French and Indiana War, Revolutionary War, and War of 1812, blacks and whites fought together, side by side. Starting with the Civil War, for what are probably apparent reasons, integrated units were non-existent. Wilson's racism kept troops from being integrated during WWI, and this trend continued through WWII. It wasn't until the Korean War that units were again integrated.
I don't want separate. I want to make the sum of the parts and make a greater whole. I'll take a good black, hispanic, or martian fox hole buddy over a lazy white one any day. To me everyone is just a different shade of green.