Why would one choose to be a soldier?

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it seems so sad to me that sometimes they are not fighting for freedom, or progress, but for one country's self-interest

are you serious? those of us who have made a career in the military understand something you don't - this is not a "sometimes" thing. the only reason we have a military is to promote our "self-interest". we exist to kill people and blow shit up, to achieve some goal that our government has decided was worthwhile. sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong - that isn't the soldiers problem. the soldier's problem is to accomplish the mission and stay alive. end of story.

the military does not exist as a peacekeeping force, that is why there are major problems every time someone in washington or new york, decides that is how they should be utilized. very few people in the military want to be global cops. they want to train most of the time and maybe once or twice in their career do what they are trained to do - kill people and blow shit up.

and as far as your So?

it probably wouldn't be such a bad thing for you if the fascists had taken and kept England, hell you would have more things to complain about, protest, and think of all the material you would have to support your idea that there isn't a real positive point to life.