The military most defintely skewed right, much further right than now. The left has moved far, far left of center. If the military is crossing that boundary, we are in trouble.
World War II was fought by Draftees. The idea that they drafted only Conservatives is laughable. The Draft stayed in place until the 1970’s. Korea and Vietnam were fought by people who really didn’t want to be there.
Many of the Volunteers were given a choice by a Judge. Join the Army or go to jail. I’m pretty sure those folks were not rock ribbed Conservatives.
Life is not a John Wayne movie. It never was.
In 1948 the Military was Integrated. Over the loud and heartfelt objections of the Conservatives.
Oh you had some hard core conservative warmonger types. General LeMay as one example. He was chomping at the bit to go into Cuba and wipe out those dirty Commies. The troops were not so enthusiastic. They would do their duty, but they were not nearly so eager to charge into the guns.
During Korea. The Conservatives advocated using the Atomic Bomb. Despite the fact that the situation didn’t really allow the bomb to be used decisively. There was one city they could bomb. A couple rail yards. And bombing those would be an attack on either Russia or China.
There just wasn’t a lot to bomb except bridges. And you didn’t need a Nuke to hit those.
Vietnam and the Veterans joining the Anti-War movement is well known.
In the late 1970’s they started drug testing in the military and found that even personnel with high security clearances were coming up positive.
See. Here is the problem. You are buying into the fantasy that to Love America you have to be Conservative. That’s bullshit beyond anything I can describe. Desmond Doss was a man who would not use violence under any circumstances. He won the Medal of Honor. Pilots who flew medivac helicopters in Vietnam won awards for incredible courage despite not wanting to harm another.
Liberals and Moderates can love the nation as much if not more than you do. I am a Moderate. And I joined the Army and served for nine years.
But the commanders? Lieutenant General Honere of the Louisiana National Guard gained international fame when he rolled in and took charge in New Orleans. He told his troops to sling their weapons. They had nothing to fear from the people.
The problem is you think you know. But you don’t know anything. The troops and officers come from everywhere. They are going to represent the breadth of thought in the nation.
Tell us how your trip to the Recruiter went. Which service you are thinking of joining. That sort of thing. I was a Soldier. A 12B Combat Engineer. I was a Paratrooper. Jump School where the graduating class was less than half the size of the group we started with.
But please. Continue telling the Military Veterans what the Military is really like.
