Broken trust.

Remember the post I did on the Marine Corps not disclosing that another one of the family had been murdered by a supposed Afghan ally?

Remember me saying that the Marine Corps is broken?

Its worse than I thought.

While individual Marines are not only having to duck enemy fire, dodge land mines and IED's, sprint to cover while under sniper fire and evade RPG's, the leadership of the Dept of the Navy with apparently no push back from the Commandant of the Marine Corps is looking to give breathalyzers to Marines after they make it back to the safety of the barracks.

What does that tell you?

It tells me that our priorities are totally out of whack.

No longer are we a war fighting, battle winning organization.  Now we're just another part of the politically correct crowd...we're being emasculated without a howl of protest.

Instead of General's slamming fists on the table demanding that the Afghan Army (which we're training and appear to have been thoroughly penetrated by the enemy) clean up its act, our leadership is pounding the table demanding that Marines become teetotalers. 

What happened to our leadership?

How did it get this bad?

What is the solution?

I have no idea, but one of the few Marine Corps General's that I continue to have faith in is appearing on Midrats this Sunday.  Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, USMC(Ret) will be a guest on this program.  I'll be tuning in and if possible I will specifically ask about the happenings that led to the missteps in Afghanistan, the current lack of focus by leadership and what it will take to get our Marine Corps back on track.