in my opinion, and this is just an opinion, you have to be a little crazy to go to fight an unnecessary war. if we were truly defending our country there would be no hesitation for me to fight, or to send my chidlrne to fight, or for all of our leaders to send their chidlren to fight. these are no wars to defend the country. they’re wars to defend our interests. and you have to be very principled, very patriotic, and perhaps a bit mad to fight and die, or to send your childrne to die, for a principle as abstract as our interests, particularly when those interests don’t include “freedom”….

no slur on veters generally. ‘on average” veters are good people struggling with a bad situation. but i think disproportionately they have mental effects others don.t can we agree violent war change syou? can we agree it probably doesnt change you for the better? i dind’t mean theyr’e all crazy. but it’s a crazy situation.