RIP Andy, and God Bless you Grayson Quay for this amazing piece.
Frankly, the author's sentiments would have been applicable at any point in time from the Vietnam War forward. These sentiments should be the content of public service announcements calling on Americans to stay the hell away from the military, period.
This is not a nation anymore. It's a fading empire, and one of the key characteristics of it is that we have corrupt, inept, draft-dodging @ssholes sending other people to fight stupid endless wars in Third World sh!t-holes.