Remarkably principled, even then, so young and yet always thinking about the collective good rather than himself. What a man! Even Ed Harris would be a wimp in comparison.
Notice, even back then, the Clintonesque language: he never actually says that HE loathes the military, though the meaning is obvious to any clear thinking person. But he leaves himself a loophole to weasel out of if it ever comes to light ("Ah never said that I loathed the military. Ah said many fine people did!").
Scary, scary man, even early on.