Outside the Beltway

Thomas Ricks posts several recommendations for fixing the Army. Most of them are really, really stupid.

Tom Ricks doesn’t understand why we need an exit strategy in Libya.

Thomas Ricks laments that the combination of the all-volunteer military and lower top marginal rates mean that the wealthy have “checked out of America and moved into physical and mental gated communities.” To solve this problem, he proposed bringing back the draft.