The Dig Presents Podcast

In the era of an all volunteer military fighting ceaseless wars, caring for and deferring to the traumatized soldier has become a core facet of force protection on two levels. In this new framework of moral injury, soldiers were not traumatized by their acts of violence because they were partaking in a murderous imperialist war. Instead, American troops were people of a heightened moral sensibility, traumatized because that strong moral code had encountered evil in the world. Next episode, we'll be discussing the contours of this new American militarism and how it all hides in plain sight to reproduce and protect American militarism.