Opinion | The Warrior at the Mall

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It can be easy to forget that the military, and we who serve, exist to serve the Nation; and part of that service is civic engagement as a member of the national body politic once we return to civilian life.

MAJ Alvin B. - Very true sir.

There are no simple answers. There are differences between the actions of the individual and the actions of an institution. I am acquainted with a few members of Congress, and can say with some assurance, as individuals,they are ernest and dedicated. however, that does not mean the actions of the corpus politic will match the intent of the individual. Our Congress, reflects to a large degree the tensions posed by the current passions of the people; and a loss of concebdus engendered by the changing demographics of those people.
The military is and will continue to be an instrument of national power subject to the will and whim of civilian control; or the failures wrought when civilians fail to exercise appropriate oversight and control. If memory serves, for most of our history, we have had civilian leadership with little or no military experience, and that is unlikely to change. As I see it, one of the major challenges is serving the nation in an emerging era of post-national and post-western [largely north European, and classical
Antiquarian] social, cultural, religious, and moral traditions, philosophies, and perspectives; as much of the American military tradition is grounded in these things. We live in a time of transition, movement, and retrenchment, with an uncertain and ad yet undefined outcome. I Susie t when it ends America’s perception of self will be different.