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		| Originally posted by nononono I am wondering how many people here, and otherwise opining in the press, etc., have had the experience of actually personally feeling the military protecting them, living with them, knowing exactly how smart they have to be to do a lot of what they do.
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 This is a board for lawyers -- so darn few.  Same for journalists, and really for any profession requiring advanced degrees.
Also with a volunteer, professional military which is much smaller than during the Cold War, Americans in general are becoming more and more divorced from their military, or from an understanding of what they do.  Just a fact of life.
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