A clear majority of Americans felt it a mistake to enter WWI (no #s, but "strongly of the opinion to stay out"), WWII (88%), Korea (55%), Vietnam (68%), Iraq (58%) and Afghanistan (87%), yet we spent trillions and trillions, decades of time fighting and millions of our youth to severe and irreparable damage and death. And, despite protests that irreparably divided the greatest nation in history, the US government pissed in its people's faces and marched on.
Those wars spawned and then grotesquely expanded the military industrial complex to the point where more than 1/2 of our scientists/engineers were employed designing weapons of mass destruction.
Those wars spawned and criminally expanded the NSA, CIA, DOD, ONI and all of the other alphabet soup spy agencies who have collectively "lost" 8 trillion dollars from their budgets that no one is even looking for while systematically destroying America's image globally.
This isn't even to mention the hundreds of smaller wars, instigated coups, assassinations, arms for hostage deals, drug running and various and sundry other illegal actions this gargantuan entity has engaged in without US citizen's knowledge and with full denial in cases where Americans found out.
Today, enlisted folk willingly sign up to that heritage and pledge to obey the commands of their merit badge-wearing bosses.
I have a difficult time finding any sympathy for those who do.
To all military actions, I say; Fuck war. Evolve already, you talking monkeys.
If any country ever decides to actually formally declare and wage war against the USA, the troops will not have to ask for or look for support.
