What Happens When a Few Volunteer and the Rest Just Watch
The American Military System Dissected
Andrew J. Bacevich

shutterstock_716498572

The purpose of all wars, is peace. So observed St. Augustine early in the first millennium A.D. Far be it from me to disagree with the esteemed Bishop of Hippo, but his crisply formulated aphorism just might require a bit of updating.

read more at http://www.unz.com/article/what-happens-when-a-few-volunteer-and-the-rest-just-watch/

summary via R3publican