text: The founding fathers made sure the military was controlled by a civilian because war traumatizes people and affects judgement.  The subset of paranoid flag defenders shows why.  The field protests were never an insult to American veterans or the flag, but a call to our better selves as a complicated culture of many many different types of people.  Yes, vets deserve thanks for their service.  But Trump is using red meat to manipulate people into becoming rabidly angry so they don't notice his lack of leadership in getting healthcare fixed or anything else done in Washington.  Governing requires compromise and serious work, not insulting everyone and bouncing from one job to another while getting nothing done.  Some of Trump's supporters don't understand the complicated 21st century.  In fact we need every immigrant engineer we can get to stay ahead of the Russians and Chinese.   This is not a Casino game, surviving and flourishing requires adult judgement and hard work.