Obviously patriotism devotion to country and Constitution was very much desirable for recruits. The problem is a few of those patriots actually believe in the Constitution which at this point would make them quite dangerous. They would need to be filtered out and/or continuously brainwashed and monitored.
"We want you to be patriotic, but not too much, just enough to swallow our brainwashing".
The problem is it attracts undesirable people. They already have tons of polygraphs which accept either extremely honest people, or psychopaths. This will attract people who would have been happy working for the Stasi, SS or KGB -- particularly vile authoritarian types.
Remember that even during the unpopular wars the military attracted people who just wanted to play with guns and kill other people. Same with police force. Bullies from high-school grow up want to keep bullying but they can do it within the law.
Obviously patriotism devotion to country and Constitution was very much desirable for recruits. The problem is a few of those patriots actually believe in the Constitution which at this point would make them quite dangerous. They would need to be filtered out and/or continuously brainwashed and monitored.
"We want you to be patriotic, but not too much, just enough to swallow our brainwashing".
The problem is it attracts undesirable people. They already have tons of polygraphs which accept either extremely honest people, or psychopaths. This will attract people who would have been happy working for the Stasi, SS or KGB -- particularly vile authoritarian types.
Remember that even during the unpopular wars the military attracted people who just wanted to play with guns and kill other people. Same with police force. Bullies from high-school grow up want to keep bullying but they can do it within the law.