“The bigger issue is when your military starts to expect to be treated as a member of an elite class separate from the citizens whose rights they serve to secure.”
They should be so treated and appreciated. They will give up their life to save yours without judgement of your character; one for one without blinking - that makes them special.
“They should be so treated and appreciated. They will give up their life to save yours without judgement of your character; one for one without blinking - that makes them special.”
When your armed services expects to be treated specially outside of the historic traditions of military service in the United States, it’s a very short walk to tyranny.
I am afraid of a military in which service becomes monetarily lucrative, because then they have something to defend other than the freedoms of this country.