the added effect of increasing public pressure to prevent open-ended wars led by unaccountable senior leaders like we experienced in our national debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ah yes, public pressure keeping leaders accountable, a common occurrence in the US

kidnap me from my wife and children and force me into some trench with proles who speak a different language, and I will frag the fuck out of you, this has been a public service announcement

The moment they give me a gun, I’d shoot the guy who gave me the gun and the guy who told him to give me a gun. Make Officers Fragged Again.

This is an op-ed by some crusty, old, retired Marine lieutenant colonel in a media site owned by Monster.com. Calling this an op-ed ran by the US military is a big stretch