On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
It also makes it too easy for the rest of society--meaning Presidents and Congresses--to talk about wars and deployment of troops if there's no widespread of--element of sacrifice.
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Highlighting the disconnect between military service and civilian society in discussions of war.
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