Consistent and sobering as is Heinlein's story of people and politics, I find it to be unacceptable and unrewarding. The book is dangerous not for what it says, in my opinion. It is dangerous for what it fails to say. Heinlein apotheosizes the Sgt. This is an important question in an era when we hung the most heinous generals of the Third Reich.
All history is military conflict.
Look deep inside yourself and tell me if you don't see more than what Heinlein offers as possibilities. My first reaction after reading your opinion paper was to write a scathing letter of disapproval with no expectation of a kind reply.