but as a citizen, I reserve the right to agree or disagree with the reasons for fighting...and if I disagree then deciding not to be in the service
if I was at the age to fight (I was much too old) after 9-11, I would have gladly fought. after a few years it just became another debacle as Bush decided to stop putting full effort into destroying Bin Laden and Al Qaeda and finish his daddy's war for him. I grudgingly backed him but was not happy with that.
after pearl harbor Dad joined the USMC and fought the Japanese in the south pacific. That was the good fight.
Yes, my late father was alongside yours and then also fought in Korea and Vietnam. I joined because I always expected to, but as I had “seen the sights” of the Marine Corps, I chose Army Intelligence instead. I went in during the Carter administration and although he made many mistakes, I never doubted that he was patriotic.