When 'wars' are over in hours, it's all a reporter can do to land, report what commanding officers have told them amid sounds of explosions and fly home. And the media doesn't lie- they just can't know what's going on. And army ads don't feature recruiting: in those vivid holos with enemies breaking down YOUR DOOR, the bemedaled sergeant doesn't ask you to fight to defend your home: just vote for the current administration. The rest of the world doesn't quite get it, nobody THEY know is in the military. Another problem: 23rd century prosthetic weapons to replace those blown-off limbs, not to mention a Brain2 implant to convert self defense to the autonomic nervous system (a real must-have if you want to survive to retire) aren't really well-suited to civilian life. Oh, they're free to leave after that initial, enforced enlistment, IF they're not in too deep to the PX, and isn't everybody? Especially now that it also sells recreational drugs and charges for medical care.
The army, relying on both their childish capacity for cruelty and their human instinct for survival then gives them weapons and drops them into battle. Version of Swift's Modest Proposal : Giuliani style sweeps of the world's slums (think Rio, Calcutta, Soweto- the poor will always be with us) grab up adolescents under 15, male and female. In a vivid, well imagined scenario, Campbell comes up with a more plausible Army is currently unilaterally extending enlistment terms, the National Guard is an increasingly hard sell, and a draft is political suicide. The 21st century reader will immediately wonder who will man this army, given that the U.S. Unfortunately they still need a standing army to handle 'problems' both stateside and on extraplanetary colonies. NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Did you follow the Iraq war with less enthusiasm than Fox News had for our video-game-like weapons? But we have to protect our soldiers, too, right? Where is this world going? In Bill Campbell's 23rd century, Earth has been United under a high-military-tech, global consumerism democracy. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated.
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