<![CDATA[Most of us in the United States go through our days assuming we’ll get home safely, find whatever we need with a few taps on a screen, and settle our disputes under at least the pretense of the rule of law. We rarely have to think about physical survival, much less whether we’ll have to fight for it. It’s easy to forget how much of the world has no such assurance. The violence we’ve watched unfold in Europe should remind us that there are people determined to take that security from us, too. Without men willing to stand watch in dangerous places, they’ll get their way.]]>
‘The Last Lawman’ and the Veterans Who Carry the Weight of Keeping Us Safe
