the further we get from WWII the more absurd "whatever you think of the politics, the troops were defending our freedom" rhetoric gets
do you figure we were thiiiis close to North Vietnam or Iraq rolling tanks into Omaha
and I'm not the millionth person to point out that the US culture of performative military worship is largely borne out of sympathy for the hardships the military itself inflics on the troops
the large majority of traumatic deaths in the military are not caused by enemy action.