I'd prefer that the troops be behind our nation and not the other way around, thanks! Anyway, how did you equate "military spending on propaganda" to mean that

I'd prefer that the troops be behind our nation and not the other way around, thanks! Anyway, how did you equate "military spending on propaganda" to mean that "the nation is behind the troops"? Obviously the nation is not behind them if they have to brainwash people into behaving a certain way.