Wow. Do you know any vets? They usually wake up government haters. They usually realize that they did some bad shit when they were order followers. The reasons they go join up is complicated. They are usually statist because of bad education. They usually don't come for families that can afford to send them off to a good university. Not only do they believe in the USA rah rah bull shit but they believe that the only way they are going to get out of the lower middle class and in so many cases abject poverty is to go to college. The GI bill is shoved down their throats by recruiters the last two years of high school. They are young and impressionable. The only mistake they make in the process of making this decision is being young and impressionable. How many 18 year old boys have any clue about the real consequences of war or the geopolitical causes of those wars? A healthy 18 year old is thinking about fucking her right in the pussy and doing bad ass shit. Have some sympathy because they didn't make any decisions to cause that war and they are humans. Once they process what they have done and their fighting is over, 25 of these vets kill themselves everyday. For someone with health in your user name you might consider this: How healthy is it for you to lay out such inexperienced views? How healthy is it to be so judgmental of other humans when you don't understand their journey. It's easy to project hate because it doesn't take any real effort or thought. Most of these men are just trying to find forgiveness. They are in real pain. To call these men cowards.... I just don't think you live in reality. be well.