American Thinking By Frank Borelli

[Lurch]

American Thinking Substaing the warrior values that made Amereica strong and still can. By Frank Borelli

The book talks about homeland security, the organization, training and more important the mindset that it’ll take. The organization and training is a good review and a lot of commonsense. I believe most of the concerns in the book about the training of homeland forces will be taken care of with the large amount of combat troops we have now coming back and filling the LE jobs in all fields. Information and techniques trickle down either Military or LE
The fight I see is the mindset of the American people. He talks about it in schools (also malls), referring to “It can’t happen here” and “We don’t need guns in school”. I agree 100% with him and it would piss me off reading his book then watching the news seeing shit like the disregard of our borders and imams suing people for dropping a dime on them for wacky behavior on a plane and people actually backing the imams, what’s next? You see guys running into a bank wearing masks…..Don’t say anything they might just be from an allergy clinic. They beat that mouse fafur or whatever to death on a children’s show and we kick 6 year olds out of school for holding up a finger and going bang. They teach their children to hate and kill for religion and we teach ours to ask “What did I do wrong to provoke these people”. I think about what will happen if we are attacked here more and the American people having enough and turning on anyone that looks Middle Eastern, good or bad. If the Government isn’t seen as protecting its people the people will eventually protect themselves, and Frank talks about the will of “Americans”

I really liked the last chapter, it was told to me by hardcore Vietnam vets but with reluctance, and was told more about it when I was in SOT at Mott lake in 1984, everyone feels odd talking about it but it always worked and you’ll have to read the book to find out.

[Inspector Cluseo]

Like the newsletter and will be looking forward to reading this...
good stuff
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[Sharky]

I have been too busy to get around to this for the past couple of months but will get it done this weekend. My apologies Frank.

[frankborelli]

No worries. The content doesn't change over time....:p

[chokeu2]

Wow...
How to write a review of this book?
In this case, I think that it is a-ok to start with a cliche. This book is a book that every American should read, it is a book that should be in every High School and College Civics or Social Studies class.

Why?

Simple, it is because this book is a great way to revive the American perspective on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. More than that, it is about showing those who are not military, or those who are not law enforcement; a real world perspective on what they do not see, what they do not know, that goes into giving them the luxury of individual freedom and liberty.

If a civilian reads this book, perhaps they will "get it", and they will understand why men and women put on a uniform and go out to risk their collective tails; for little to no reward or award. And it will also give them a sense just why people are willing to do the job. It may even spark a sense of duty in the civilian reader, or the very least, a heightened sense of reality, and a notion of situational awareness.

For the military or law enforcement reader, it will remind them why they do what they do. And perhaps spark a new sense of motivation.

People need to learn about the spirit of rugged individualism that founded this Republic, and in this book, if they pay attention; that just may happen. There are so many single sentences that are profound, which are strong enough to invoke a paradigm shift, or an "I hadn't thought of it that way" notion; that it would be a tough task to list them all.

One of the great take aways that serves as a great reminder in our current day and age is that the bad guys, and terrorists (two seperate animals) want unarmed, weak and scared victims. People need to learn that reality. Frank uses a quote from John Giduck, but I chose not to use Giducks quote here because the perspective Frank provides is far better over all.

Chapters 10, 11, and 12 are outstanding simply because they not only speak to what it takes to be the best, duty and continuous improvement; they give lessons and standards that anyone should consider living under. I say this because in this day and age, people are lazy, unkempt, more concerned with perception than reality. These chapters speak to the opposite of all those things.

Chapters 13, 14, and 15 are required reading if nothing else in this book are read. Far too many people, including some in military and law enforcement see the modern terrorist threat as a video game. They do not understand the ethos and motivations of the enemy, and they choose to be spoon fed by a media that has an agenda counter to the safety and security of this country. Perhaps if a few more people had their eyes opened here, they'd be willing to step up and do their part, as opposed to sitting back, and arrogantly enjoying the freedoms and liberties provided by the few.

I hope Frank keeps cranking out works like this. I'll buy everyone of them. In fact... I think that I know what a lot of people are going to get as a Christmas gift... :D