A recent article by Andrew Bacevich on the McChrystal controversy

Thanks to MikeB302000 for posting an article Andrew Bacevich recently wrote for the Washington Post.

In the article, Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance, the retired Army colonel and professor of international relations at Boston University weighed in on the recent controversy involving General McChrystal and the remarks the former military leader of Afghanistan made in an article published in Rolling Stone Magazine.

For readers who are familiar with Andrew Bacevich, the article he wrote for the Washington Post echoes several of the books he published on the dangers perpetual war creates for democracy in America. While Andrew Bacevich takes the popular view that the general should have been fired, Bacevich also discusses how the remarks by McChrystal and his staff are reflective of both the declining level of respect military leaders have for civilian leaders and the toll perpetual war is having on democracy in America. To make his point very clear, in the very first sentence of his article, Bacevich writes: “wars are antithetical to democracy”.

If the American public truly wants to support their troops, they would read articles and books written by Bacevich and other experts on national security, instead of merely slapping a yellow magnet onto their gas guzzling SUV.