To steelman the author's argument and as someone who's debated about this a lot with myself, what's your perspective on the argument that goes like this: "helpi

To steelman the author's argument and as someone who's debated about this a lot with myself, what's your perspective on the argument that goes like this: "helping those who protect us" would be fine if that's all that those-who-protect-us did; but in addition, they go start unnecessary wars in foreign lands, kill innocent people, surveil their own population etc. Because they far overstep the reasonable bounds of keeping peace and defending the country, and because the "help" I'm giving them will go directly to that extra stuff that I abhor, I can't in good conscience help them. Would that argument help you to see eye-to-eye?