Appreciation for the military from the civilians

[Van]

... but I think I understand that the armed forces practice REAL social justice in action.

Naomi,
Sorry about the "social justice"threadjack...

Actually, what I was getting at...

A segment of American society works for the good of others, practicing self-sacrifice in material benefits, personal recognition, and personal physical safety. They embody the Marxian concept of "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs". They receive both the benefits and drawbacks of socialized medicine. For the most part, they believe in a common cause, and the betterment of the nation and the world. The desparity of wealth between the most and least affluent of this segment is much narrower than the United States as a whole.

Holy crap. The military is Communist.