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That’s where we are now: the American people have sub-contracted our military conflicts out to Congress and the Pentagon. At any given time, only 1% of the population serves in the military. It’s an all-volunteer force: there is no draft, and there is no such thing as National Service. There is support for those who serve, but not necessarily for the wars in which they serve.

The problem with that mindset is, that it’s not just the military that goes to war. The entire country does. When t...