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I'm surprised this was written back in 1992, at a time when I personally hadn't noticed the rising tide of military adoration that the country experienced post
by doktrin 10y ago
I'm surprised this was written back in 1992, at a time when I personally hadn't noticed the rising tide of military adoration that the country experienced post 9/11.
- Jtsummers 10y agoIt was on the increase then, a backlash against some of the vehement (or at least widely spread and popularized) anti-military rhetoric of the 60s and 70s (Vietnam-era). But not quite to the fetishization that happened post-9/11 where saying anything against the military (even straight up facts) could get you labeled anti-American.
- maxerickson 10y agoI was in grade school during Desert Storm. There were trading cards, like baseball cards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Storm_trading_cards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Storm_trading_cards I didn't understand the context at the time, looking back, yeesh.