AUTHOR
Doug Bandow
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The False Promise of Universal National Service
It is magical thinking that the state can round up 18-year-olds, march them, like Mao’s Red Guards, across America, and turn them into moral, caring, selfless adults committed to national unity and other liberal verities.
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The American Military: It is not too small. Rather, its responsibilities are too many.
Military retrenchment is not popular in the Republican Party. But America’s coming financial infirmity may allow no other course.
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Should Ukraine Be Allowed to Join NATO? No, The Alliance is Supposed to Enhance – not Sacrifice – U.S. Security
The promise to go to war should be reserved for the most important interests – ones that are vital, even existential. Ukraine is not one.