Marines were asked to disarm ere hearing Leon Panetta's speech at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan. Which, for whatever reason it was done, probably did not inspire confidence.
I’m pointing out the obvious, but still
It’s necessary. Leon, please observe:
No one will follow someone who unnervingly
Reveals a less-than-iron will,
Or once appears a coward. All the men
Have taken quite a gamble going out
And fighting for a Talibani rout.
The soldiering is dangerous, but when
They’re sitting in a room to hear a speech,
I’m betting they’ve a calm they’d rather keep
When they are on patrol and nearing sleep.
But if the calm is treated as a breach
Of safety for a man who’s rarely there,
I think they’d all at once refuse to care.
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