Dear Senator Mikulski,
I was watching the FX channel this evening with a Spider-man
movie and a short commercial popped up from the US Navy. There was a quote in the short commercial
announcement that went like this, verbatim: "The US Navy, a Global Force
for Good"
This is the most disturbing message I have heard come out of
the mouth of the military in my lifetime.
This sounds like a commercial message by the defense industry, NOT an
official message from the Navy.
1) I would like your office to find out who funded this
message.
2) I would like to know if it was in fact the US Navy, where
in the Constitution of the United
States, our Navy has a mandate to be a
"Global Force for Good"
3) If it was not the Navy, why the defense industry would be
representing themselves as the US Navy without any disclaimer indicating the
funding came from some organization other then the US Navy.
In my entire lifetime I have not heard a more alarming
statement come from the mouth of a branch of the US Military. I served myself form 1983-1987 in the US Air
Force and did not in any way consider myself a "Global Force for
Good" but instead saw our role as maintaining stability in parts of the
world during what we called the "Cold War Era". Since the end of that Era I have asked myself
many times why we still represent ourselves around the world in the same light
and how long it will take us to bankrupt ourselves doing it, when we have
absolutely no formidable opponent with any capacity whatsoever to produce the
kind of war fighting machinery we produce every year in this country.
But that is an issue for another discussion.
For the time being, I would like to know where this message
came from and why / how the organization can justify this message within the
context of our constitution and I would like an answer within the month.
Sincerely,
