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.
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.