Live long enough, and you will see many things change. :O)
I'm 25 and I'm right there with you. Although I started trusting them more after communism fell, but I totally remember going to the airshow at Barksdale when I was little, seeing the Thunderbirds fly, and thinking, "they will kick the Russians' ass." heh heh I think our age group was the last ones to understand how bad communism was. I also think that is why our age group thinks so highly of Reagan.