It took me a day to find this, but I'm here now as one of the few other vets on Steemit.

There are very intelligible reasons for being against military service. Many scholars have advanced that argument over the years, and they most surely hold water.

What doesn't hold water is a blind verbal drive by that generalizes (read: trivializes) the lives of anyone. No two things are the same, whether we're discussing armies, countries, or people. To draw from history is wise, to grossly shoehorn the lessons from history to fit a vitriolic sentiment is, sadly, too common.

Is blind obedience bad? Yes, that's why I left the military.

Is the world we have the world we want? No it is not.

Is it the military's fault? I don't believe so. Money talks in America.

I do not believe that armies and war are the answer. I would urge that dude to take the energy he has against the military and better place it among the cronyists, lobbyists, and the financial powers that make up the oligarchical structure under which America's military now operates. We don't get mad at the gun, we get mad at the shooter.

On the world stage, the American Modern Military is a gun, wielded by others.