“As budget cuts cripple civilian agencies and programs, they lose their ability to perform ad they once did, so we look to the military to pick up the slack. . . . This requires still higher military budgets, which continues the devastating cycle.” MilitaryDynamicsCivilianCongressional Failure Author:Rosa Brooks
“Many at the State Department think its their job, not the Army's, to develop cultural and regional expertise and relationships. In such quarters, the RAF concept looks less like an innovative approach to global risk management than yet another military effort to replace diplomats with soldiers.” MilitaryBureaucracyJob SecurityEmpire Building Book:How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon Source: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon