If a country with the resources of the US or most other developed nations wants to send people off to war, the deal should be that those men and women will be m

If a country with the resources of the US or most other developed nations wants to send people off to war, the deal should be that those men and women will be made as whole as possible again when they come back. There are serious shortcomings in veterans' care when returning from combat, and we shouldn't regard any of it as "elective". Spending significantly more resources on veteran care might also help some countries reconsider the costs of war before engaging in it. For a good book on the subject, read "What It Is Like To Go To War", by Karl Marlantes. This is what "support the troops" should mean.