| "National solidarity is especially important for the national defense. Men and women serve in the armed forces for a variety of reasons, but one of them is the awareness that it is an extraordinary privilege to be an American, that it is a debt that needs to be repaid with service. ... Soldiers in combat not only protect their buddies, they show amazing devotion to anyone in the uniform, without asking about state or ethnicity. This is the cohesion that makes armies effective. These commitments, so crucial, are based on deep fraternal sentiments that have to be nurtured with action." National solidarity in these matters engenders mutual trust. Divisiveness breeds fear and alienation. |
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