In one respect, the military is inherently political…..in the sense that we are a foreign policy tool, and a diplomacy tool. That has always been the case. But what hasn’t always been the case, is using the military as a political weapon. Holding our budget hostage over unrelated political spats. Basically anything involving using the military to settle domestic political scores. That is new-ish stuff. The politicians when i was younger, on either side, had a lot more dignity than they seem to now. I think it is a fundamental difference between the previous generations, and that of young boomers and older gen X. They are trash. That isn’t a dig at anyone here personally, it is a generalization. And I’d say anyone who gravitates to politics is likely trash. Their more idiotic impulses were just better kept in check in the silent/greatest generations, because their manners existed. Couple all of that with these old people in politics who are on social media and shouldn’t be. They dont understand it, and they overuse it. They believe the same stupid obvious BS that they see, that many normal Americans do.