I couldn’t disagree more.
I know people who have stayed in and people who have left on conscience. They are two different breeds, and the former far outnumber the latter.
I was in during the latter days of Vietnam supposedly “serving” or “protecting” my country. I only saw a small bit of action off the coast, but knew many who saw lots of action, and knew guys who died there, and I cannot believe that I or any other soul that was in that conflict, or any conflict since then, have really contributed much to the protection of this nation or its people. Our troops fight undeclared wars against vague enemies, following every imaginable goal under the sun except total victory, and have lost every such “war” since WWII. The home front is never mobilized for war, nor willing to do what it takes to vanquish our enemies. The whole thing is a charade.
I would applaud the patriotic motives of those who go in, except that the noble motives of these men need to be tempered by a realistic assessment of the mission: if they do that, they would never volunteer for these follies in the first place. And now, by staying in, they are simply propping up a national and global elite hell bent on tyranny and the destruction of the foundation on which this country was founded. For this reason, I do blame them, and I applaud any with the intelligence and honor not to participate.
Specifically, at this time they are serving and protecting a government that is willfully and brazenly trampling on the religious freedoms on which this nation was founded, and they are violating the oath they took to defend the Constitution against all enemies domestic and foreign. For that I blame them, not the voters.
The voters are in charge of the government. The members of government work for the voters - who hire them.
It’s the voters’ responsibility that the government, who works for the people, sends the military into frivolous situations.
Period.
I totally agree with you and came to the same conclusion during the Vietnam conflict. In WWII this entire country was mobilized. My brother and I collected tin cans for the war effort and were rewarded with a Saturday war movie.
Totally different when I was in Vietnam and ever since.