HENRY McCULLOCH writes:

Sometimes a picture really is worth a few words. For those unfamiliar with U.S. Army insignia, these “soldiers” in their pixellated pyjamas are wearing the shoulder patch of the 1st Infantry Division, which served on the Western Front during World War I, in North Africa, Sicily and Northwest Europe (including Omaha Beach on D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge) during World War II, somehow sat out Korea on occupation duty in Germany, spent five years in-country during Vietnam, served in Desert Shield/Storm, and more recently in the Balkans, Iraq (including the invasion) and Afghanistan.

Take a look at these exemplars of today’s 1st Infantry Division and ask yourself: How would they likely have fared in the trenches of the Western Front, on Omaha Beach or in the snowdrifts of the Ardennes against veteran panzergrenadiere, or in the confusion of repelling the Tet Offensive?  Then ask yourself if this represents progress. And ask yourself if it is at all necessary. Is there anything even remotely soldierly about these chiquitas?  Definition of a war crime: sending these hermanitas into battle against a serious enemy.

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