Johnny get your gun … and go to Ukraine?
Responding to headlines and images and a call of duty, recent US veterans are leaving to fight the Russians. It’s not a good idea.
Jeff Groom is a former Marine officer and the author of American Cobra Pilot: A Marine Remembers a Dog and Pony Show (2018). He is also a regular contributor to The American Conservative magazine.
Responding to headlines and images and a call of duty, recent US veterans are leaving to fight the Russians. It’s not a good idea.
Everyone is warning about the Big War but Moscow’s mastered the kind of maneuvers that don’t require massive firepower.
The Marine violated regulations and stood trial as a result. But his broadside against the generals in Afghanistan was spot on.
The civ-mil divide and the health of our volunteer forces are of urgent concern right now, with blame pointed at the top.