General Discussion

He's right that the military kills people and breaks things. That's actually and adage the GOP needs to understand more. The military is a hammer, and it's excellent for driving in nails. Not so good for screws or bolts. The GOP loves it some hammer, so every problem starts looking like a nail, and we use the military for stuff it is not well suited for.

OTOH, the military has often led society on social issues. Truman integrate the Army, and lo and behold, the world did not come to an end. The U.S. Navy had been integrated long, LONG before that. Remember all the snark about women on combat ships? Yeah... Now it's just how things are. The Navy did not sink.

Huck's stupid assertion about "social experimentation" would actually harm the military in my view. The military works best when it is being innovative, and moving forward IMO.