> Making the military more smoothly administered does not necessarily correlate with an increase in horrors of war.

Certainly making enlistment harder will decrease the number of troops (absent a draft) which has a non-zero probability of decreasing military adventurism, yes?

Discouraging a single enlistment seems to me like it has the same order-of-magnitude impact as casting a single vote.

> If the military attracts good people, then that means there is the chance of having good people in the chain of command.

How does making enlistment easier increase the percentage of volunteers that are good people?

> I think it's too simplistic to think of a better military as being a net negative

Do you think more recruits means a "better" military?