[robowombat]

Detrick is bugs and gas central. I suspect this some sort of a lethal chemical or biological incident control drill that the geniuses at DA think is better just to not explain to the peasantry as they are to stupid to deal with the truth. That is the true meaning of the ‘You can't handle the truth.’ line in ‘A Few Good Men’. I doubt the script writer understood it either. He just heard it and it sounded cool. There are a lot of officers who are very professional and are, by their lights, patriots who really believe the average American is just to stupid, lazy, self indulgent and uninformed to be able to understand the mission and functions of the armed forces.

[Old Sarge]

the average American is just too stupid, lazy, self indulgent and uninformed to be able to understand the mission and functions of the armed forces.