The American people are sold, lock, stock and barrel (pun intended). War is in, and the military is a cool, popular, hip, institution. The United States Armed Forces should never be anything more than a machine that is used in defense of this country. It should not be popularized and it should not be disliked, it should just be. Yet, collectively, we tout our military like a smash hit on Broadway, we love it like it was a family member, and we revere it like a fresh painted white church on a hill. The military clearly serves a purpose, but it is not, should not, and must not be viewed as the guiding light for our salvation that is seems to me, it has come to represent for many in this country. Dare I state, the vast majority of my countrymen are blind faithed by our military? If all we do is praise and support, without also some measure of scrutiny, question, and how, why and when to use our military, then what we have become as a country, to some degree, is what we have always fought against.
Jeffrey Purdie
Sacramento, California
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