The military supporting the republican goes back a long time. It seams to me at least back to the Viet Nam War. They support the republicans because it is easy to fall for this kind of BS. If they truly supported the troops they would have made an attempt to make sure to keep the military out of the fight. Instead of giving the democrats a chance to make the distinction between the politics of the war that Peatrus is a part of and the rest of the military. Instead they took the military and used it as a club to beat up the democrats and the 1st amendment. If they really supported the military and the 1st amendment they would have said something similar to: I find the moveon.org ad repugnant and I hope they aren't talking about the military in general because they help us protect the rights of groups like this to make these vile statements. But, the republicans are more interested in using the military to beat up the other political party and anything that gets in their way.
Moveon.org was stupid for walking into this briar patch.