[Puppage]

One reason Americans have come to view soldiers as our only protectors is that we have accepted the idea that our country is under permanent threat from fanatics who want to kill us and destroy our way of life.

As if 9/11 never happened.

[SkyPilot]

"When soldiers were part of society, people recognized them as ordinary human beings. Now, with the emergence of the all-volunteer army, society has transferred the burden of war to a small, self-contained caste cut off from the American mainstream."

Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe

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Baloney. Most Americans, especially the Obama Voters, could give a flip about the military. They are too busy going to Burger King and Taco Bell to spend their EBT "benefits."