Will a more ‘insular’ military lead to more ‘forever wars’?
As fewer Americans serve in the United States armed forces, retired Army Col. Gregg Daddis says a more secluded military could lead to “forever wars.”
“If the armed forces become more insular, then those who are going off to war become more invisible to the larger whole, and invisible wars then have a tendency to turn into forever wars, in my estimation,” he said. “The less that war is seen by American citizens, the less likely they are to ask questions about it.”
Daddis joined Woodruff for her series, Crossroads: America at 250.
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