The left only has an aversion to things military when it fits in their agenda. As for turning the military - it's already happening. Fastest at the officer level. If you have a bit longer memory than your signup-date suggests, you'll remember that the Clintons were actually running deep research on how big a segment of the US military would be OK with firing on American citizens, and that Waco was an actual trial balloon in which not only American military but foreign (British) was used. Against American citizens and their children, by the left.
It fits their agenda today. The left is upset Obama hasn’t gotten us out of Iraq by now. The left is upset that we escalated the effort in Afhanistan. Obama signs up the left for organizations like ACORN and SEIU. There’s little evidence the military has changed. In case you forgot, IFP Clinton cut a lot of military spending and he continued base closings and realignment. We went through the Bush years hearing how conservative the military is. Obama has had little time to reverse that, and if it’s like other things he tries to do, he’s not succeeding.