The Best Army We Can Buy
Firstly, a BIG H/T to Blackfive for this one. This NYT OpEd has got to be about the biggest load of crapola that the Chief has seen in quite a while, and that's saying a lot!
Not only is the assertion that we have turned our forces into a bunch of mercenaries patently and plainly WRONG according to a simple dictionary definition, but this educated clueless wonder shows a profound misunderstanding or intentional ignoringsome interesting and important history
Just a bit to illustrate: