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TOTAL LICENSING
KOSOVO 1999: NATO peacekeeping opera- 1998 (below). Harvard, Yale, Stan-
tion to enforce UN Resolution 1244, which ter- Now, the picture of involvement changes, and ford, The University of
minated the Kosovo war. more troops are needed, or the professional Chicago, Cal-Tech, for
AFGHANISTAN 2001: Bombings of Taliban army is in danger of attrition. And what then? instance, refused to
and Al Qaeda targets as a part of the War on Who does serve in the volunteer army of host Army ROTC pro-
Terror in response to 9/11 terrorist attacks. today? From most studies you would conclude: grams on their cam-
U.S. Army Special Forces and Northern Alliance • Families with a professional puses altogether. At
overthrew the Taliban regime. military tradition reaching back to a few Stanford, today, there
AFGHANISTAN 2001: Multinational peace- generations are only 29 students
keeping operation plus attempts to eradicate Al • Poor or underprivileged young people enrolled in off campus
Qaeda and Taliban. who see this as a route towards education courses in military science and national defense
(Source: AWOL, Cathy Roth Douquet & Frank and training. for which they receive no college credits.
Schaeffer) • Disappointed job seekers who need a There seems to be a feeling amongst student
steady income and retirement benefits for educators that could be expressed as “this is
These were all “Good Short Wars” with scarce- the future. not for people like us!”
ly any US casualties based on overwhelming su- Let’s review what became of the college-based Stories about military recruiters being turned
periority over small weak opponents. ROTC (the name meant Reserve Officers Train- away from many homes and clubs keep surfac-
But now let’s assume there is either a powerful ing Corps) that was to create a junior officer ing in the press. Why?
opponent or a protracted conflict. pool of educated young Americans. For practi- Yet, the USA, with its world leadership role, and
Let’s look at statistics of the US Department cal purposes it has disappeared from most of spreader of democracy mantle, cannot do any
of Veteran’s Affairs issued a few years ago, July our elite universities. of that, without an effective military. The best in
the world as some of our leaders like to boast -
AMERICA’S WARS AND CASUALTIES
while at the same time personally keeping their
families uninvolved or protected.
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 to 1784
Is military service really a profession like an ac-
Participants Deaths in Service Living Union Veterans
countant, doctor, CEO or if you like, a gardener,
290,000 4,000 0
or is it maybe more like a civic duty, an act of
CIVIL WAR - 1861 to 1865
patriotism? I certainly would not like to over-
Union Participants Union deaths in Service Living Confederates
look that plain patriotism brings some to sign
2,213,000 364,000 0
up at the recruiter’s desk – but how do we ad-
Confederate Participants Confederate deaths Living Confederate Vets
vise and advertise to enough people that it is
1,000,000 133,821 0 an honor to risk life and limb for Uncle Sam
and Uncle Sam’s political goals of the moment
WORLD WAR 1 - 1917 to 1918
when the so-called elite of money, influence or
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
thought are not volunteering so readily. Can we
4,744,000 116,000 4,800
and should we create and raise a small warrior
WORLD WAR II - 1940 to 1947
caste and out-source the rest of the job? To
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
whom?
16,535,000 406,000 6,319,000
Let’s observe the contrast with WWII times if
KOREAN CONFLICT - 1950 to 1955 you will consider:
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
• A large proportion of Congress had
6,807,000 55,000 4,179,000
children in the service.
• President Roosevelt’s children, John,
VIETNAM WAR - 1963 to 1973
Franklin, James and Elliot all saw action in
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
9,200,000 109,000 8,166,000
the War.
• Presidents Truman and Eisenhower
GULF WAR ERA - 1990 to TBD
obviously had previously served in the
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
army.
3,800,000 9,000 2,048,000 • The last president with a child (son-in-law)
in uniform was Lyndon Johnson.
AMERICA’S WAR TOTALS
Then: most of the financial or opinion making
Participants Deaths in Service Living Veterans
elites had children or relatives serving.
41,790,000 1,090,200 19,300,000
Now: the attitude of the elite and leadership
LIVING EX-SERVICE MEMBERS
class might best be described by then, not yet
25,188,000
Vice-President Cheney’s explanation of the
eleven service deferments he requested and
(Source: US Department of Veterans Affairs)
received from the Vietnam draft. He had other
“priorities” than military service at that time
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