Sir David, a former director of GCHQ (see article) who was Tony Blair's intelligence and security co-ordinator from 2002 until his retirement in 2005, shirks none of these issues.
The problem with an all volunteer force is too much of the citizenry shirks that responsibility, loses any sense of ownership in this country, and fails to learn the true meaning of loyalty and sacrifice.
They include high school students (encouraging them to go into social science), doctors (arguing that letting sick, ill-informed patients choose between treatments shirks responsibility) and nonprofits (suggesting they do more experiments assessing whether their methods work).