It's a pity that this cycle repeats itself so often. "The army is cool, they fight wars. My army won't fight but I'll still get to feel cool.". My dad fell into

It's a pity that this cycle repeats itself so often. "The army is cool, they fight wars. My army won't fight but I'll still get to feel cool.". My dad fell into this trap too and got stuck going through a war. But ultimately it really is their own fault. They did agree to kill people if told to, and they did lock themselves into being unable to quit even if the situation changed. They also wanted to get the feeling of being associated with the other killers in the army, which they got. So I don't think signing up in a brief moment of peacetime excuses any soldiers of their immoral actions.