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Camillo "Mac" Bica, Truthout: "The citizen soldier, driven by civic obligation, patriotism and love of country, has been replaced by homo economicus - a professional military of individuals motivated primarily by need and the realization that, in order to provide for themselves and their families or go to college, few if any alternatives are available to them other than military service... To point out how the government exploits economic inequities to increase enlistment is not to belittle the personal sacrifices of those who serve out of love of country. Rather, it is to call attention to the prevalence of unequal sacrifice, an injustice that must be remedied. In light of such coercive economic conditions, perhaps the term 'all volunteer force' is a misnomer, as enlistees can hardly be said to have chosen military service voluntarily."

http://www.truth-out.org/rich-mans-war-and-a-poor-mans-fight67666



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