It sounds to me like you're somewhat conflicted, but your overall point is that your respect for sacrifice is contingent on the thing the sacrifice is for. That

It sounds to me like you're somewhat conflicted, but your overall point is that your respect for sacrifice is contingent on the thing the sacrifice is for. That's totally fair. I'm an immigrant to the US and enlisted in no small part because I believe that the interest of the US is largely aligned with the interest of humanity, because at the core of the US are ideals that have been a beacon of light in the world. I know historically that the light has been very obscured many times, and as an infantryman on the ground, I've personally walked in those shadows, and they are dark, but I can keep my head high because I know that light is there somewhere. Thanks for the exchange.