This is who you're fighting for....

[Chinadoll]

Don't know if anyone saw The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night. His entire audience was military. At the start of the show Jay is about to show a clip and precedes the clip with, I know this is an all military show, so I decided to see how much the average American citizen knows about the Military/ Military history. (At this point I'm cringing, because when ever the media chooses to seek opinions from the *average* American, they always choose people with the most inane answers.) He turns to his all military audience and says, "This is who you're fighting for..."

Here's basically what the clip consisted of; this isn't exact wording, but close enough.

Jay: Who is our Commander in Chief?
Person #1: I don’t know….I can’t remember.
Jay: His first name is George…Do you know any famous politicians named George?
Person #1: I just can’t remember.
(Correct Answer: George Bush)

Jay: In WWII, what country invaded Poland?
Person #2: Canada
(Correct Answer: Germany)

Jay: What was Hitler’s first name?
Person #3: Hitler? I don’t think he had a first name. He just used one name, like Cher.
(Correct Answer: Adolf)


Jay: In WWII, what country did Japan bomb?
Person #4: Pearl Harbor
Jay: ok, what country is Pearl Harbor in?
Person #4: Iraq
(Correct Answer: USA)

Jay: What is the headquarters or main command center for our military?
Person #5: ummmm
Jay: Ever heard of the Pentagon?
Person #5: yeah sure
Jay: How many sides does it have?
Person #5: 10 Jay: No
Person #5: 12 Jay: No
Person #5: 8 Jay: No
(Correct Answer: 5)

Jay: What is an MRE?
Person #6: Like a MRI
Jay: No…
Person #6: Mills Recording Entertainment?
(I would have hoped that if the public didn’t know exactly what it stood for that they would at least have associated it with food that the military consumes. Correct Answer: Meals Ready to Eat

And lastly,
Jay: Complete this slogan… “The Few, The Proud….”
Person #7: “THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE HAPPY!”
(Correct Answer: The Few, The Proud, The Marines)

When I wrote Joey(my fiancé in the Marine Corps) last night, I told him about that segment. I also put in about the Marine slogan being The Few, The Proud, The Happy. Just had to ask him..So Honey, are you happy?!

I just cringed during that entire segment. Just in complete disbelief at some of the answers given. I really wonder if some of these people should be suing their former school districts for robbing them of the education they deserved.

edit: oopsie. I just cut and paste part of this from a letter I wrote Joey so if anyone was wondering what Day 47 was doing in there that I just took out...it was the header of his letter. I number all his letters. It's been now 48 days he's been gone.