29 Mar 2003
Unexpected Balance

Good grief - a reasonably balanced report from the New York Times, despite the headline! They do raise (and answer) some serious concerns, but having served in a draftee army I'm still down hard on the side of the all volunteer force.

Military Mirrors Working-Class America. Those who are risking, and now giving, their lives in the fight against Iraq represent a slice of a broad swath of American society but by no means all of it. By David M. Halbfinger and Steven A. Holmes. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

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