Marine Commandant James T. Conway gets a little carried away at the thought of some down and dirty all-male action in the Corps: “Our men need to know they can count on each other in battle, and we can’t have them getting distracted by illicit romantic dalliances. Especially if one’s a little blond Adonis farm boy and his buddy’s a real tough street kid straight out of Brooklyn. I mean, think about it: What if they lock eyes and abandon their post to start ripping each other’s fatigues off, revealing twin sets of glistening washboard abs and at last fulfilling their hidden passions?”
Granted, Jim’s outburst wasn’t quite as lame as that of another Marine Corps General named Jim—National Security Adviser Jim Jones, who started off a speech at the Washington Institute for Near Eastern Policy with a Jew joke, but it was definitely up there.
As for all of you jarheads out in the field, particularly you little blond Adonis farm boys and you tough street kids from Brooklyn, listen up! If you do, well, surrender to your secret passions and rip off your fatigues, revealing twin sets of glistening washboard abs, please make sure to make a video of the whole damn thing and send it to your Commandant. Because he’ll damn well appreciate it.
Quote via Andrew Sullivan, who must be laughing both his ass and his beard off.
