mike...I think your underlying assumption that most join the military because they are warriors is wrong.
I recall seeing a recent DoD survey that identified educational benefits as the number one reason for enlistment, followed by serving and protecting the country and learning a valuable or technical skill (I forget the order of these two reasons). Most have no interest or intent of becoming career soldiers.
Thats not to say that the volunteers dont also have a sense of patriotism and understand that they may be asked to put their lives on the line to defend the country.
But they(and their families and the country as a whole) should also expect that their Commander in Chief respect their commitment and their lives as well by never putting them in harms way based on lies or in pursuit of a political ideology that is not defensable by necessity or geo-political realities.
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