The Next Step

A reader of my recent LRC article, “It Is a Simple Matter,” had this to add about our troops after they come home from Iraq: “Begin deploying those troops who wish to remain on active duty to positions on the Mexican and Canadian borders so that the military becomes a national defense force once again. Better yet, have the federal government relinquish control of all ground forces to the national guards of the respective states of which the active duty force members are legal residents.”