The thought occurred to me, is this due to the fact we haven’t had a major war for a relatively long period of time? And I’m talking about a full-mobilization war, like WWII, and not necessarily Vietnam or the Gulf Wars.
In the absence of wars, it’s a natural tendency for people to ‘go soft’. It happened to the Romans, when they could simply get foreigners to do their fighting for them.
Also technology has gotten rid of a lot of the manual labor that used to be done. And who does a good portion of the manual work now? Immigrants (Legal and Illegal), the rest of us, type on a keyboard all day.
“And I’m talking about a full-mobilization war, like WWII, and not necessarily Vietnam or the Gulf Wars.”
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I see that you forgot Korea.
Not uncommon,I’m afraid.
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