I've never been within 5,000 miles of a war, but IMHO, you wouldn't want to go strutting around the local VFW based on this police action in Afghanistan.
I'm secure in my 20 years of military service, I have been within 50 miles of a shooting war (Berlin), I'm a life member of the VFW, and if you had checked my home page, I don't think you would have made the comment you did.
You're welcome to your opinions, but if you think what's happening in Afghanistan isn't war, and if you think American men and women dying over there is something to be made light of...well, IMHO, your opinions are somewhere out in left field.