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[lcjjdnh]

Interesting think piece by the great James Fallows re: the American military. Thought it might make for a good discussion here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/12/the-tragedy-of-the-american-military/383516/

The sidebars are also worth reading:

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/gun-trouble/383508/

http://m.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/01/how-i-learned-to-love-the-draft/383500/

 

[amraeder]

I've been reading this - slowly - for the last three days. For whatever reason it's been REALLY slow going for me. Still not done. Just getting to the econ part.