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In reply to the discussion: At what point does obsessive disdain for the military become pathological? [View all]bluestate10
(10,942 posts)Some on DU hate anything military. The truth is that sometimes war is the only way to resolve problems. What has been seen for the last half century for our country is that our nation has entered wars that could have been resolved by means other than war, the Afghan war may be an exception because it is impossible to deal with islamic radicals in any sane way, IMO.
Americans should be proud of and support it's soldiers when those soldiers behave in accordance with the code of conduct that they are expected to behave to in the military. That code is good, although the issues of sexual assaults and fraternization must be dealt with. What americans shouldn't tolerate is excessive spending on un-needed military hardware and encroachment of religion into military policy decisions.