US army to continue using HTS?

A worrying article in truthout is predicting that the US army my expand its use of anthropologists and other social scientists under the Obama administration. It is already a bad sign that although very few scientists who specialise in Iraq or Afghanistan will join, the army has been able to recruit plenty from other areas (including many cash-strapped graduates) who are willing to compromise their ethics. This policy not only increases the perceived legitimacy of neo-colonialist wars, but means that the scientists themselves become responsible for helping to make the army a more efficient killing machine.

anthropology ethics military politicsanthropology ethics military politics Published: 5.17.09 / 10pm
Tags: anthropology, ethics, military, politics