It's to make them look patriotic. Patriotism is the main ingredient of the Great Reinvention. That's why they've got a competition going to see who's wearing the biggest flag pin, who can plagiarize the Articles, the Bill or a US President without anyone noticing and why they keep telling us that half of John/John is a Vietnam War Hero
They are being very subtle. You're not meant to notice.
Pray for W and our Troops
...and here's another one of their talking points:
The defeat of the Soviet Union. They've talked about this more than once. I would love to see someone remind the crowd that it was RONALD REAGAN who we have to thank for that.