LW: you are just wasting your time trying to reason with people like S Bellam and 907. Their one sided over the top left wing rants are out of touch with the real world. To make claims that the military is mostly there to protect corporate interests is as about unpatriotic as can be. You are well within your rights to be offended. These offensive people are really part of the problem. And never the solution. Ignore them, as they speak for but  a small number of Americans. Very small! The vast majority agree with your sense of being offended.