Great article, and incredibly prescient.
No it is not I am truly sorry to say. it is a frightening article.
What you read was an active duty Major in a position of some importance so completely disconnected from reality that he attempts to define down the term “Warrior”. (as in Spartan, Knights Templar’s, Samurai, “Warriors” and the development and evolution of the Warrior Class .
This Major is so caught up in the military academe he cannot even recognize the fallacy of his own definition and the incredible insult he pays to Warriors today and throughout history.
Many people are Soldiers in the US Army and God Love them All but few are Warriors committed to the Combat Arms of Armor, Infantry and Artillery. They are a minority in the US Army. The Marines make a point and spend money to provide adequate training in order to claim every Marine is a Warrior first. They are well aware of the difference in mentality and will being a member of the Warrior Class endows.
The authors attack on Milosevic is even more telling. The Bosnian Army in truth was fairly well organized and disciplined. As far as their treatment of their enemy (now our enemy) they had and have a vastly different perspective. They were and are fighting on their own ground trying to retake lands seized by Islamic invaders long ago. His failure to recognize and comment on our misguided efforts in Bosnia which aided among others Osama Bin Laden is hard to reconcile.
As a nation we are in desperate need for a reemergence of the Warrior Leaders in our Armed forces. For now we watch as our Warriors find themselves charged with the crime of being “overzealous” in killing an enemy completely committed to killing our warriors at any cost. This Major’s article tells us we have a long wait for things to change for the better.
Wm