Here’s a shorter version of the New York Times article on Senator Hillary Clinton and her relationship with the military:

As a senator, Clinton has treated all members of the military she has encountered with respect, and the members of the military have appreciated it.

That’s about it. It’s a pleasant enough article, but there isn’t much surprising there.

While the article doesn’t get into this, I would note this as something of a victory over the anti-military attitudes of the 1960s counterculture. When every major elected official believes that they have to treat all members of the military with respect – whether or not they support any particular military policy – it’s a step in the right direction from where our culture was during the Vietnam era.

And remember… when you don’t treat members of the military with respect, when you don’t study hard, when you don’t hit the books, and you tell a crowd of college students that only those who don’t study hard “end up stuck in Iraq”… you end up as the junior senator from Massachusetts.