Sentimentalized antimilitarism critique targets defense
Washington dispatch surveys the rising antimilitarism across the United States, arguing sentimentality harms sober defense analysis. It criticizes the defense establishment for size, the draft, and costly procurement, urging reforms to ROTC, base reductions, command abolitions, and draft redesign while stressing defense exists to keep the nation alive and free.
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