During this presidential campaign, voters will hear much about the divergent economic realities between "the rich" and "the middle class." Yet there is another partition in America that is less visible, but no less troubling. The great divide between the civilian and military communities leaves the nation and its electorate ill-equipped to make informed judgments about military and international affairs.
That's the conclusion of former US Marine Peter Gudmundsson. Click here for more.
In "the good war," World War II, children of the American upper class fought. Celebrities served in the military. Today...Not so much. Geez, at least the Roman senators, who were often military amateurs hungry for plunder, still risked their own lives when they commanded the legions.
[Thanks to Mountain Runner for the pointer.]
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