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Originally Posted by Versus
I really wouldn't be surprised at what people fight for. We went to combat to fight for our country, but as you should know, that's not actually what happens during combat. Nobody thinks about any of that bullshit until after. When I redeployed from my first tour, in Iraq, I felt that something was missing from all stories that I had heard or seen about war from movies, books, whatever else before I had seen it because they did not match my experience at all. It wasn't until I returned from Afghanistan, and saw it again, that I realized that the things we see are myth. They are not real. They are lies. What society celebrates is a fucking lie.
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I'm sorry you feel that way. But the bitterness gets better with time, if you let it. (And you are a bit luckier than you realize, you know. When we came back, we didn't get the same reception).