The Absurd GOP

[The Grand Nudger]

Oh I wouldn't trust ours either - there's a long romance between militaries and dictatorships - it's just that a white christian dictatorship isn't in the interests (or demographics) of the military as an institution at present. Secular apolitical professionalism is a better way to organize forces, it protects the service at home and abroad - while diversity of background, thought, and competency is a strategic imperative. The us military learned this lesson early, and the hard way - by fucking up and trying everything else first in true american fashion. There are tens of thousands of immigrants serving in critical roles in our military as a path to citizenship - which has been a thing since our country's founding. PFC Bumgartener isn't going to suddenly turn on his battlebuddy PFC Ruiz on the say so of some clown in washington or because suburban moms and dads have racial resentments. That's a critical stopgap - as accidental and cynical as it is. Because suppressing civilians is one thing - being told that you have to turn your guns in on the unit is another entirely - and it makes you ineffective at both, either way.