stop pretending that goons that volunteered to destroy mine and many others entire country to better their own material conditions would make good comrades.
stop pretending that goons that volunteered to destroy mine and many others entire country to better their own material conditions would make good comrades.
Ask yourself why does answering this question matter? Are you going out talking to veterans and soldiers and trying to organize them - if yes sure then you need to decide if this is worth your time. Are you trying to decide if commie soldiers should be allowed to join your left wing grp or DSA chapter or whatever. If not then what is the point in arguing about this?
I would think that if we find soldiers who seem sympathetic to our cause we should not turn them away and if they think that there is some hope in working in this sphere we should look into it. Especially if the class character of the lower ranks of military is representative of poorer/disadvantaged folks.
How about listening to the experience of actual commie soldiers? (They are not super optimistic but maybe this will be more enlightening to people here). They do talk about a left wing veteran group they are a part of which is super encouraging. https://cosmopod.libsyn.com/socialism-the-us-military-w-ellie-bryant