Thank you, Vaquero. This perfectly summarizes what I’ve read and understood of our Founders’ disdain for standing armies.
The modern army along with the overbearing and bulging Executive branch has the potential, if not already in motion, to collapse everything about America. For our sake, the military generally stands on the side of Liberty, but with the ranks filling with faggots and criminals, it might be only a matter of time before we experience first-hand what Madison warned us against.
Seems like the greater danger in that equation is the “overgrown Executive”.