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The article is pretty long, but really interesting.
It points out the disconnection between the U.S population and its military, making the process of going to war “too easy”, yet not effective as previous U.S engagements were mainly paradoxically supported by a rising chickenhawk society, although not operationally and economically fully victorious.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/
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It points out the disconnection between the U.S population and its military, making the process of going to war “too easy”, yet not effective as previous U.S engagements were mainly paradoxically supported by a rising chickenhawk society, although not operationally and economically fully victorious.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/
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I find it pretty ironic that France had encountered a serious bump in citizens requesting information to join the armed forces (up to a 240% increase in some recruitment centers) following Paris attacks, but still no major growth in the States..
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There's a lot of meat on this bone and I think that you'll have a long wait for serious discussion. I too thank you for sharing and hope you'll be patient with the rest of us. However, I will comment that the premise is something that I've thought long and hard about ever since the all-volunteer force came into existence. One the one hand it has provided us with one of the finest and most professional military organizations in the world, possibly in all of history. On the other hand it has lowered the price of placing the military in harm's way. I suspect politicians are less inclined to do so when conscription places all military-age persons at risk. The other issue that colors my opinion is that in all my study of history, I have found scant few examples of competency in diplomacy and military actions almost always result when diplomats stumble. Keep in mind that those two thoughts are not based on reading this article, but rather on reactions to its stated premise.
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