Half Decent Coffee, Indecent Agenda?

It happened by accident, really. I should have returned home, but after missing my exit I wound up back at my old stomping grounds in Tillicum, Washington... just outside of Fort Lewis. I don't get over there much anymore, so I decided to have a look around and maybe talk to a few local business owners. I discovered a new coffee shop in town.

They served up a decent mocha, I'll give them that much. It's a cozy little place. The problem is all the propaganda strewn around.

"No, sir," proclaims the quote on the cup. "You mop the floor!" Cute. Various books decry America's participation in war & conflict. One even implies that you can't be a Christian and support the military.

"You better hope your Momma loves you, because the Army doesn't," says one pamphlet. Way to demoralize the troops.

I'm all for advocating the individual soldier and protecting his rights. I used to BE a soldier. But encouraging them to be openly disrespectful toward their superiors (and the Army in general), and that when military cohesion is so important? It seems a little treasonous to me, and it makes me doubt that the owner is the real deal as he (or she) claims.

It's true soldiers don't always get the best accommodations, but in my experience the American military generally bends over backwards to make sure its soldiers what they need. It's up to the individual soldier to take advantage of that when they can. When -- for whatever reason -- they can't, then they adapt, overcome, and accomplish the mission anyway.

I could have been comfortable there, but I wasn't. Not with all that anti-military sentiment. And that from a coffee shop sitting right outside an Army base. Huh? Someone here needs to get a clue, and I'm pretty sure it isn't me.

I'll take my coffee without the political agenda next time, thanks.