The military has gotten slack because it plays into the WW2 narrative of 'the diverse cast of nations against the evil nazi's'. The only form of 'acceptable' nationalism that we are allowed in western nations is this bullshit idea of spitfire nationalism. A pride that comes from engaging in the second world war and beating 'The bad guys'. The police are a form of oppression (Oh the horror of being held to the same laws as everyone else) but the military are a tool to be used as essentially a containment unit. The motifs and the ideas about the military are routinely used to mock and deride us in our own nations. The UK recently had the joy of foreigners berating us and telling us 'you clap for me now!' like a fucking somali pirate; we had christopher eccleston reading poetry like a child saying that the NHS workers are 'going over the trenches' and we should not ignore the migrants after the pandemic is over (a sentiment I share though for different intents) using the phrase 'lest we forget' as though these invaders have any right to use the term that's imprinted on war memorials commemorating the fucking meatgrinder an entire generation was put through.
So long as people have something to take pride in, and a pride that is seen to be acceptable then it's easier to swallow the humiliation that is otherwise heaped on us. It's why we're being told to clap for the NHS - a functional health service should be nothing special in a modern nation, and the NHS is barely functional as is, clapping for it is a mockery - the NHS plays into the 'muh migrants' diversity pandering (despite the fact that migrants are underepresented in NHS jobs compared to population and in those jobs are responsible for the majority of malpractice issues, meaning they are a fucking drain on the system.) Our points of national pride are simply more bread and circus to keep us stuck in the moronic that is loading us onto a path of self destruction.
See the diffrence is the US military offers an opportunity for foreigners to join and become US citizens. They learn to be apart of the culture, learn and work with those they want to be with. They arnt doing "you clap for us now" in this field at least because we gove them a chance to become a citizen and to start a new life. I went to Basic with a German and a Ukrainian. I also met someone from Isreal.
The German and Ukrainian had diffrent reasons for coming and joining. One to be with her husband. The other, since she wasnt allowed to join the German army because of her ex husband, she joined the US to better her life, and to show others that she can succeed in a country she was not born in.
The military here in the States used to be hated, for the longest time. It wasnt really saw as a good thing until 9/11, when the country was attacked. As a US Soldier, and as the whole US military, everyone being volunteer, people doing it to better themselves, serve those they love, serve the nation, or for free college and student Loan forgiveness.
The military is mocked, sure, but we just brush it off as everytime someone mocks us, be it foreign or domestic, we always show why we do what we do.
A hurricane damaged a large part of the country? The national guard get called in, and wearing thier uniforms. Someone decides to attack an american Embassy, putting american lives in danger. We send hundreds if men to protect those few.
We dont let our humility lead us in how we do things. We do what we must to make sure this country we love is protected. To protect those we have diffrent opinion with and everything.
That is the diffrence that the left doesnt understand. They try to use it to dehumanize soldiers and service members. We then look at the diverse nature of the military. We then look at them and the flag of the country they are in. We fight for them, for thier right to complain, for thier right to hate. We do not have to agree with thie hate to accept what we do.
Police are made bad because a few bad apples and troubled past dont help.
Your country (if you are English) like the rest of Europe have suffered from loose immigration laws, allowing massive amounts of people unwilling to change thier lives to fit yours. The US has done what they could to prevent that, and COVID has helped.
There is hate about all the illegal aliens being sent home from the states, but it is protecting the nation for the better especially now. When one side complains how we are hurting another countries efforts because one of thier citizens came in illegally and got COVID. It has allowed for the country to clean itself of those not willing to do the right things, and to punish others because if what they did.
