Red Line;
The very fact that the military is publicly funded makes my scrutiny, as a taxpayer, all the more important and this is where the complacency and arrogance of the military as a whole, in ignoring it, is quite unacceptable in the modern era. I suspect in the era of modern warfare a well chosen mercenary army would be far more effective and efficient than the traditional vestiges of the established system. Remember, Napoleon didn't need "clever" generals he preferred lucky ones, and before you say how "clever" Wellington was, his men outnumbered the opposition 3 to 1.