monkerud wrote:
There's been a lot of talk about veterans and little recognition that
this country no longer has the draft. The people who sign up cannot be
said to be a "citizen's army" like could have been said in past wars.
The US, least we forget, today has a professional army.
For those of you who observe the military. What type of difference does
this make in today's army? In the future of the military?
JW reply:
A mistake. If you are in favor of having any kind of a defensive
military then the best kind is where all citizens are obligated to
contribute and take the risk. On one hand it keeps the military closer
to society as a whole, and on the other it improves the level of the
military by providing it with a wider pool of skills and ideas.
You have lifted the lid to a particularly squirmy can of worms here,
Don.
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