Is this surprising? The military is by its nature, a right-wing organization...

[Postman]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Hersh_Cheney_has_moles_in_Obama_0401.html

add to that the right-wing myth that Obama is a "socialist" and you have the ingredients for lunacy....

[flyingfysh]

1. Here are some famous right-wingers who were in the military

John F. Kennedy (boat sunk by enemy destroyer, saved most of crew)

Howard Zinn (flew on bomber missions)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (participated in Normandy invasion; commanded Navy sub chaser)

Jimmy Carter (served on submarines)

George McGovern (flew in Army Air Corps)

[Echo In Light]

2. Zinn, however, is the only one of those I'm aware of who lamented/expressed guilt

Key difference there. And again, there may be others from that list who did the same, but I'm unfamiliar w/them if so.

[FormerDittoHead]

3. Ahem. You forgot John Kerry.

But I concede that that the survey is about TODAY'S military, and not things that happened 40+ years ago...

[Catch22Dem]

4. And Catch22Dem

As well as a shitload of other DUers.

[Postman]

7. those are individuals not the organization itself. You can't distinguish between the two?

Try cutting defense spending in half in favor of rebuilding the US infrastructure and see what kind of reaction you get from the Pentagon....

[Catch22Dem]

5. What surprises me is that you believe that statement (n/t)

[ColbertWatcher]

6. The higher ups and defense contractors may be, but the grunts aren't. n/t

[alarimer]

8. Most of the military folks I know are right-wingers.

Some are not.

But I agree that the organization (and maybe especially most of the top brass) is.