When a politically driven policy meets reality.
Trump could lose some votes from the military.
When you fight with comrades, your own or your allies, there is a sense of honor that develops between you. You will protect each other at all costs. That is a feeling, a feeling of loyalty that does not leave you.
Yes, there is a sense of betrayal when you are told to stand back and watch as your friends are attacked.
Most people here are safe in their homes, so no matter what the policy is, their own safety is not at stake. It is also those same people who think they are the ones who deserve the policy we now have.
But those troops of ours whose lives have been put at some risk with our allies, are the very ones who are going to like this new policy the least.
They don’t view the new policy as “supporting” THEM.
I understand how some troops may feel. But their views are situational for them. As you put it “That is a feeling, a feeling of loyalty that does not leave you”, which is admirable.
But what about the larger interests of the country and the fact that Americans have their own feelings and voted to get us out of messes like this? Should that be ignored?