In my day you could count on them thar Marines
>
>The way it used to be. . .
>
>I sat, as did millions of other
>Americans, and watched as our
>government underwent a peaceful
>transition of power in January
>2001.
>
>At first, I felt a swell of pride and
>patriotism as I watched George W.
>Bush take his oath of office.
>
>However, all that pride quickly
>vanished as I later watched
>William Jefferson Clinton board Air
>Force One for the last time.
>
>I saw 21 Marines, in full dress
>uniform with rifles, fire a 21-gun
>salute to the outgoing president.
>
>It was then that I realized how far
>America's military had
>deteriorated under Clinton.
>
>Every last one of them missed.
