The Irony of a Loyal Communist in the 1980s

Many Czech people remember that you were a loyal communist through the 1980s. You served in the military when it was essentially defending the Soviet Empire. Many Czechs wonder just how real and how deep is your conversion to these values of freedom and democracy. I was never an ideological communist. I was convinced that my duty was to serve my country as a soldier. And I was always told that my role is to defend, not to attack.