I am saddened to say that I would not recommend the armed services at this time, except as a last resort.
They’re trying to normalize racism and misogyny (among other things). I grant that they never completely went away, but except in a few places the few who held those beliefs had to publicly keep their mouth shut.
Also, are you really keen on invading Mexico? Or fighting side by side with Putin’s warfighters? Maybe those scenarios won’t happen, but the Joint Chiefs and SecDef are filled with men willing to follow whatever deranged plan that comes out of the Oval Office. Kegseth is incompetent and doesn’t believe in subtlety; he’ll send division after division into a meat grinder, certain that brute strength and “guts” will prevail.
Even if we prevail and sweep all three branches of power in ‘28, it will just be a momentary reprieve. The evil fucks destroying our country and military will still be around. After eight years (if we’re lucky) of sanity, they’ll be back in power and tear everything down again. See the on again, off again transgender ban et al for an example of how quickly forward progress can be erased.
I retired from the Navy in 2006. My eldest son is retiring this year from the Coast Guard reserve. He mostly agrees with me. He says he’s already seeing ugliness out in the open.
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