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"I never had a desire to go higher: it looked too strange up there with the brass, to dangerous to one's soul."
Ok, I have to ask. This is not meant as an insult or some such. (pity one even needs to say that beforehand)
I have trouble with those who chose military service. That would be 95% of my family for several generations. However, how does one not become guilty of the war crimes we commit if one joins? I mean this both legally and morally.
I have no problem with a man who joins in to fight off an invader to his homeland, but how does one justify serving in the army of the invader?
Note: Do not feel that you must answer; do so only if you want to. I myself have struggled with that question for a long time and have given different answers at different stages of my understanding. I expect I may never settle on an answer.
