Would you consider it honorable to get disfigured or disabled in a war for the USA?
Do you think there's a difference in people's minds between someone who gets burned in a car accident vs someone who is burned inside his Armored tank? Is the reason relevant when the result is always the same (end up a drug-addicted recluse)?
Honest question, not trying to rustle your jimmies.
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