The problem with this is that when you join the military, you sacrifice many rights. One of those rights you sacrifice is to decide what you deem as a "just war".
You know GOING IN that you may be asked to sling a weapon and shoot people or drop bombs on them. The choice is not yours anymore. You gave that up when you took the oath. It is an example of people who look at the military as a job, or join for their own selfish reasons other than to defend their country. You may join to get training, and to prepare for a better life afterward. However, while in, you make the decision that you are willing to lay down your life for your country, right or wrong, and you know that that decision is not yours anymore.
The time to protest is before you join.
You don't pick the war you fight in. You don't pick your own enemy. You don't decide who to shoot at. It is decided for you, and you accept that when you place your hand over your heart and accept the offer of the United States to sink alot of money into you and to provide you with a livelihood for X amount of years.
It is pure cowardice not to back up your committment, because no one asked you to join. Your time for heroics is to use this as a platform to denounce war afterward, after you have witnessed the evil that men do, and after you have done your part to return the service that many people have supported you with.
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