And as a follow up to my last, just to be completely clear, my remarks had nothing to do with those in the military, for whom I have nothing but the deepest respect and gratitude. They were aimed at an environment that is increasingly skeptical of or downright hostile to military service. Consider the controversy over army recruiting in high schools and colleges. It is generally true, I believe, that when the societal trend is towards cocooning oneself and one’s family in a fully controlled and “safe” environment where no one will have to experience any risk or hardship and where everyone is as fully sequestered from death as possible, military duty will begin to appear horrific. Of course there are numerous exceptions, there always are, and thank God there are. But the trend is real, and it would be putting our heads in the sand to pretend otherwise.
I wonder what Army recruiters would say about this?
