AT DA CMR – The civil military gap outweighs the risk to civil military relations if the gap is too – wide, then crises in relations cannot be contained. Wetherbee at Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress ’07 –fellow the (Michael A., “Closing Civil-Military accessed 7/5/16, ) [Premier] Gap,” Collins and Holsti, note [is] The gap is perceived by Joseph Ole as they in their article, Civil-Military Relations: How Wide is the Gap?: “there a growing and dangerous gap between civilian and military perspectives or preference on any number of issues.”vii Owens also recognizes the gap Mackubin in his piece, Rumsfeld, the Generals, and the State of U.S. Civil-Military Relations: relations are now unhealthy and out of balance.”viii Weigley says Finally, Russell also identifies the Gap and that there has always been a misunderstanding and distrust between the military and civilian elite, but it has been contained by outward faithfulness of both sides, nonetheless, to the “the constitutional principle of civilian control. During the 1990s that principle has been subjected to greater strain than at any time in the past. Therefore the future of civil-military relations in the United States is uncertain.”i
AT DA – CMR The civil military gap outweighs the risk to civil military relations – if the gap is too wide, then crises in relations cannot be contained. Wetherbee ’07 –fellow at Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (Michael A., “Closing the Civil-Military Gap,” accessed 7/5/16, ) [Premier] The gap is perceived by Joseph Collins and Ole Holsti, as they note in their article, Civil-Military Relations: How Wide is the Gap?: “there [is] a growing and dangerous gap between civilian and military perspectives or preference on any number of issues.”vii Mackubin Owens also recognizes the gap in his piece, Rumsfeld, the Generals, and the State of U.S. Civil-Military Relations: relations are now unhealthy and out of balance.”viii Finally, Russell Weigley also identifies the Gap and says that there has always been a misunderstanding and distrust between the military and civilian elite, but it has been contained by “the outward faithfulness of both sides, nonetheless, to the constitutional principle of civilian control. During the 1990s that principle has been subjected to greater strain than at any time in the past. Therefore the future of civil-military relations in the United States is uncertain.”i
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