You are indeed correct and I applaud your service as I’m only 35 and haven’t served. But things have changed all over the world - radically in just the past 5 years.
While folks like you and I salute the flag, I believe Washington doesn’t give a rats a#$ about us. I don’t think they even see America the same way as you and I but rather as an economic zone. In fact I’ve read from their materials that’s how they view the US. It’s nothing more than a borderless zone where the Feds don’t give a sh$#t about MS13 and the like but will go after someone evading their taxes.
I meant to say, they’ll send a team of agents with tricked AR15’s and combat gear after someone evading their taxes but won’t touch MS13 with a ten foot pool.