General Discussion

My father stayed in reserves because I think he genuinely liked serving in the military. He made his promotions, served his weekends, a managed to stay on until he got a pension.

No, he was never deployed, but he served in the 1970s and 1980s. Vietnam was not far off in the general public's mind so foreign entanglements we frowned upon. Reagan and Bush I basically broke that spell invading countries with little military prowess. Gulf War II was a minor speed bump.

We now seem OK deploying National Guard to provoke attacks from areas politically opposed to the administration in power. But so far the response, except those in line with this administration, seems to be far more muted. If our M$M can't seem to recognize what's going on, at least a good majority seems to understand.

I guess it remains to be seen if the active and reserve military personnel recognize they're basically being used by the elites of this country to intimidate the opposition.