The basic concept of a citizen-soldier pretty much disappears under these circumstances, and soldiers are nothing more than pawns to be pushed around a chess board by people who, quite frankly, really don't give a sh!t about them. Some of the best soldiers and best military units this country ever produced were those who didn't answer to some @sshole in Washington and could barely controlled by anyone more than one or two ranks above themselves. Some quick online research into storied quasi-military groups like Daniel Morgan's 11th Virginia Regiment, the Green Mountain Boys (they didn't fight for an independent United States; they fought for Vermont), Marion's Men, the original Texas Rangers (the U.S. military leadership actually feared them, but left them intact because they were far and away the most effective force against Commanche warriors), and even the infamous "Charlie Company" that basically engaged in a mutinee against their commanding officer in Vietnam in 1970 (this was the subject of the CBS documentary "The World of Charlie Company" in 1970) will give a good picture of what made America great in the past.
Exactly!