A lot of people are scared shitless to cross the military or the flag-wavers, so they shut up or pretend to support them. When (IF!!) they see leaders with the courage to tackle these fascist frauds head-on and call them what they really are, war-mongers, torturers, useless twits who took more time than the U.S. spent in all of WWII to subdue a tiny nation of 23 million people and STILL, after blowing $3 trillion bucks, can't get the job done - - sacrificing working-class youth while their own stay safe at home - - once they see that somebody on the national stage has the balls to call out these bastards, I think that'll be the end of their uncanny power to intimidate the U.S. public into "supporting the troops."
Well, of course it'll never happen, but it sure would be beautiful. If only the American people would grow a pair. Start off in a REALLY new direction.