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Saturday, April 15, 2006
Re-enlistment
Glenn Reynolds has yet another post about the army's success in re-enlisting. I'm not slighting Reynolds, but it is a sign of our times that this is noteworthy. When you read accounts of the Second World War and earlier wars, you find that a great many men volunteered to fight in conditions far more lethal than the ones our servicemen find themselves in now. Somehow these men from earlier generations lacked the sophistication to know that fighting for your country is a useless venture or worse.
It is true that the warfare of the 19th and 20th century has properly made cynics of us all. Total war is uncivil. Thankfully, that is not the kind of war we are fighting.
Eddie 8:03 PM
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