The military has always been the poor man's way of getting ahead in the world without too much hassle, that is if there is no war.
For colonials its a dream come true. Like the Indian Raj back in the 1900's, Colonials felt a sense of being accepted by the their rulers, something they found out was a lie much later on. As soon as India was of no use, Britain threw them away like a dirty pamper. I have a feeling Puerto Rican Colonials will learn sooner or later.......... I hope.
For Puerto Ricans, the military can be a career, and in the process one can get priviledges like the PX, medical care, and after 20 years, a life time pension. Not bad. The trick is that one can't be too smart intellectually, and one has to follow orders, kiss ass, and believe all the crap of fighting for democracy and freedom around the world.
Few colonials have a sense of intellectual analysis, therefore they serve proudly like the documentary of the Korean War, "LOS BORINQUEROS", has shown. We got kicked in the ass full time, killed way and beyond any other group, humilitated and then we said, "thank you, give me some more."
Its awfully strange that folks in Puerto Rico these days are the only ones under the American flag that are rejecting the advances of the military recruiters. MMMMMMM is it until we are threatened with a cut of Food Stamps and other welfare goodies?
To some Estadistas rejecting the military is disloyalty but they fail to realize that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney sons also refuse to join the military despite that his dad is gung ho for the war in Iraq.
The world is full of contradictions, isn't it?
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