Kesher Talk

"It's Tommy this an' Tommy that . . . " The Sarge is rightfully pissed at pundits from all wings whose care for the military begins and ends with their political usefulness.

I don't believe that a good portion of the Left cares one whit about anyone in the military. Well, they do care, but only as a means of attacking their political opponents. When's the last time you saw a lefty blog express concern for our welfare outside the context of attacking the President or his Administration? It doesn't happen all that often because they're partisans, and partisans don't care about people unless it helps them look better or makes their opponents look bad.

Not that the Right is much better. . . . The Right likes to make us out as these mythical people of unquestioning devotion, rock-solid patriotism and heroic determination in the face of adversity. The military, knowing a good thing when it sees it, presents us in that manner and many in the military buy into the myth because they were sold on it prior to coming in. It makes for a fascinating schizophrenic society, but that's the subject of another post. The problem is, the Right will just as easily sell us down the river as the Left if they sense we are not living up to the fiction in their heads.

Read the whole thing. Comments too.

posted by Judith @ 7/24/2003 05:52:36 PM