At what point does obsessive disdain for the military become pathological?

[Rob H.]

65. You just described my dad (although I don't know if I'd call him jaded)

He's a Vietnam vet and career US Navy--he shocked the hell out of some of his younger coworkers in the run-up to the Iraq war, too. They were all being jingoistic, flag-waving morons about it (mostly Republican, of course, and not one of them had ever served) and he let them know loud and clear that it was a huge mistake and wouldn't be the cakewalk that Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al., were assuring the US public it would be. They never made the mistake of bringing it up around him again!

Edited to add: my mom gets Tricare, just like my dad does, and thinks a similar benefit should be available to everyone. They're both big supporters of single-payer healthcare. My mom is even pro-pot, and I never thought I'd hear my straitlaced mom railing about the stupidity of the "drug war" and wanting to legalize marijuana. Then again, they're both smart, educated people, so....