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Agreed gentlemen. When 9-11 happened, I had my doubts that this country had the stomach to conduct a war that might last a generation or more. One of the problems as I see it is that America has become divorced from it's military. The brain trust at the Pentagon wanted to do away with the draft and move to a professional army. This is a symptom/blow back from that decision. Very few people serve in any capacity in the military any more. That coupled with the Clinton and Obama administrations efforts to make the military one big social experiment are the main reason we are in the mess we are in. Senior leadership both on the officer and enlisted side of the house is riddled with the go along to get along mentality and rampant careerism. Just my two cents. Glad I got my DD 214 and retired a long time ago.
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