All standing armies become occupying forces. That's what the founders believed.
That why they wanted a militia for each state, consisting of every able-bodied man (like how the Swiss do). Universal military training at the state level, to be called up under Federal authority during times of national crisis. They wanted armies under Federal authority to be totally disbanded between each conflict. Obviously there would have to be some skeleton crew for the maintenance of equipment, like we had before ww1, but otherwise totally disbanded.
All standing armies become occupying forces. That's what the founders believed.
That why they wanted a militia for each state, consisting of every able-bodied man (like how the Swiss do). Universal military training at the state level, to be called up under Federal authority during times of national crisis. They wanted armies under Federal authority to be totally disbanded between each conflict. Obviously there would have to be some skeleton crew for the maintenance of equipment, like we had before ww1, but otherwise totally disbanded.