Here’s my take: I am a former Army Officer. There is great support for President Trump in the military ranks, but it’s not as high as some say, like 90%. Id say closer to 70. If what we think is going to occur is about to happen, a huge risk would be the Officers that don’t like or support Trump “interpreting” his orders as “illegal”. I once had a Battalion Commander that loathed Trump. He would be facing a serious cognitive dissonance if he were still in command now and received and order from 45.
Which worried the fuck out of me. As a combat vet Marine I try hard to talk to the young bucks and their lack of understanding is appalling. “We don’t care much for Trump’s foreign policy” is not what you’d expect to hear from a group of militants constantly claiming they “don’t want war”. If one doesn’t want endless war, then having enough of a fucking backbone to support a POTUS that garners peace in the region on endless war is a good start.
PS
Many of these young jarheads are from intelligence
(It’s a job title, not a requirement)
It was astounding to me how many active duty acquaintances posted publicly on social media their disdain for the President and his policy. Open insubordination became acceptable. I fucking hated Obama but served under him for 8 years. Never once did I state my feelings about him publicly. You are spot on, though, about Service Members preaching about ending wars but delightfully gleeful in the never ending conflict. I really do think this generation of Service Members know combat, but they don’t know Total War. The hey don’t know hundreds of thousands to millions killed.
Here’s my take: I am a former Army Officer. There is great support for President Trump in the military ranks, but it’s not as high as some say, like 90%. Id say closer to 70. If what we think is going to occur is about to happen, a huge risk would be the Officers that don’t like or support Trump “interpreting” his orders as “illegal”. I once had a Battalion Commander that loathed Trump. He would be facing a serious cognitive dissonance if he were still in command now and received and order from 45.
Which worried the fuck out of me. As a combat vet Marine I try hard to talk to the young bucks and their lack of understanding is appalling. “We don’t care much for Trump’s foreign policy” is not what you’d expect to hear from a group of militants constantly claiming they “don’t want war”. If one doesn’t want endless war, then having enough of a fucking backbone to support a POTUS that garners peace in the region on endless war is a good start.
PS Many of these young jarheads are from intelligence (It’s a job title, not a requirement)
It was astounding to me how many active duty acquaintances posted publicly on social media their disdain for the President and his policy. Open insubordination became acceptable. I fucking hated Obama but served under him for 8 years. Never once did I state my feelings about him publicly. You are spot on, though, about Service Members preaching about ending wars but delightfully gleeful in the never ending conflict. I really do think this generation of Service Members know combat, but they don’t know Total War. The hey don’t know hundreds of thousands to millions killed.