Nothing posted for weeks, and now twice in a few days - go figure.

This is a piece I wrote out long hand while watching and listening to a Charlie Rose bit late one night recently:

Oh, for the days of our military pilots doing "touch and gos" to stay qualified and prepared.

The airspace over our cities occupied by our 'best in the world'; now that was a sense of peace and security.

Attempt to watch them today, and you'll be in a 'forward observers position' which because of the evolution of society would require you to be in a combat zone.

Or should that be evolution of religion instead of evolution of society.

Now then, this posting can go two directions here, the one about religion, or the one I am focused upon.

The religious one seems futile in todays world, so I will stick to my original idea here.

What visible signs of our 'might' are left for us?

Ships in port? Battalions on CONUS (stationed in the continental US). Sailors, soldiers, Coasties and Marines in our airports? Just a small portion of what we were used to seeing before this religious war commenced back in the Clinton days.

These are all we 'see' any more.

Is it because all of the hardware is deployed? What about training? Recovery from the stresses of the action? Families? What about change?

Well, in reading "In Search of America" by Jennings and Brewster, I found in the intro the following which was written mourning the passing of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

"The Republic will cease to be," offered the eulogist, "when it ceases to remember, to revere, and to imitate the virtues of its founders."

So where are we in relation to what the founders of this Republic expected and wanted?

Since I offer no conclusions and have left this with a question, I will not post a fare for the ride...
CABBY