Privatizing the US Army Was a Mistake.
Goes a bit overboard on caricaturing conservatives for (allegedly) trying to Privatize All The Things, but there’s an argument to be had on whether the AVF has contributed to the civil-military divide and the public’s general apathy about OCO.
Goes a bit overboard on caricaturing conservatives for (allegedly) trying to Privatize All The Things, but there’s an argument to be had on whether the AVF has contributed to the civil-military divide and the public’s general apathy about OCO.
Creating a professional warrior class seemed like the obvious solution, but, looking back, we see now that it created an isolated community that society at large could expend on endless wars. These were no longer our sons, our fathers, our friends. These were distant superheroes we occasional saw in movies and airports. We might have told them “thank you for your service,” but what we really meant was “better you than me.”