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I would say you can't enjoy your American privilidges (with all that entails) without, if not gratitude, at least tacit acknowledgement that our troops provide some measure of insurance for the lifestyle you surely enjoy.
Well, maybe you can, but it makes you a hypocrit.
To the extent that you condemn them, you condemn yourself for enjoying the fruits of their labor, all while wagging your finger in disdain.
You should think a little more deeply about who we've made enemies of recently and what our army means in that respect.
I'm not saying we undertook our current Levantine adventure because we're in danger. I'm saying to the extent we're not in danger, given our behavior as a nation, the fact that we have our army we do has a lot to do with it.
