A bracing op-ed from a recent vet: highly recommended

[Hangdog Slim]

6. I get it

I too became a liberal while serving in the army. I realized one day that, as Sjursen writes, the military is a socialist organization. I clearly recall the exact moment I became aware of that fact and the irony of it as I served during the cold war era. Ivan the Soviet Communist was my dreaded enemy as I lived in my government provided housing, wearing my government provided clothing eating three square government provided meals, going to a tax payer funded medical or dental clinic when necessary and collecting a paycheck every couple of weeks to boot! I've been a European style socialist (oh yeah the government gave me money to travel and work in Europe!) ever since.