No way was Capt. Smith out of line with the cretin prez. That sorry POS needed badly to hear that his B.S. wasn't gonna float.
As for your attitude, I'll just say that you would not have been a good fit in any branch of service anyway. Nuff said.
I understand exactly what you mean. Nobody orders me around under any circumstances, and I've got a damned good reason to believe that people who won't send their own kids into the armed forces are unlikely to wage war in a competent manner.
And that goes for Reagan, Bush Sr., and Bush Jr. as well as for Bill Clinton.