No offense taken here. I completely agree with your conclusion.
I take some offense. I served 24 years. Should I have quit during the 8 years Clinton was president? He did plenty of damage. I don’t mean to be confrontational.
If good people refuse to serve, what good does that do our country as a whole? I have 3 sons, my oldest is showing keen interest in attending a service academy (we have several Naval Academy and West Point grads in the extended family).
Despite current political conditions, those academies are far better than almost all liberal higher education institutions.
What should we all do? Just give up? Hell no I say. If my son wants to serve it’s still a great path. You can still love your country, fight for it, and resists the imbeciles currently in charge.
And yes, I will admit that if he saves me $200 K in college tuition I won’t say no to that. His second choice is Stanford University (although he will apply for ROTC scholarships too, so maybe not too bad a financial hit).