Moderated by William E. Briggs. Adam Yarmolinsky begins by talking about the relevance/irrelevance of the military establishment in the United States. He states that the size and pervasiveness of the American military establishment have tended to obscure the questions of its relevance. Yarmolinsky questions how something so big like the military can be relevant, and to what purpose. He also states his opinion that nonnuclear forces are relevant in some way to national security but are irrelevant to internal problems of other nations. Yarmolinsky ends his speech by exhorting the audience to broaden their views about what is really relevant to our national needs.
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Moderated by William E. Briggs. Adam Yarmolinsky begins by talking about the relevance/irrelevance of the military establishment in the United States. He states that the size and pervasiveness of the American military establishment have tended to obscure the questions of its relevance. Yarmolinsky questions how something so big like the military can be relevant, and to what purpose. He also states his opinion that nonnuclear forces are relevant in some way to national security but are irrelevant to internal problems of other nations. Yarmolinsky ends his speech by exhorting the audience to broaden their views about what is really relevant to our national needs.
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