Guest Post: The Economic Abuse Of Veterans In America | ZeroHedge

Volunteering to join the military has always been a process rife with internal and external conflictions.  A vital aspect of one’s ultimate decision to do so often depends greatly upon the era in which one becomes eligible.  U.S. citizens leaped at the chance to defend their country at the onset of World War II because the enemies were indeed a legitimate and obvious threat to the freedom and sovereignty of all nations.  During Vietnam,  the waters were muddied (at least in the view of millions of citizens),  and many Americans did not see the fight as their own.  The line between our system,  and the enemies we were supposed to despise,  had become progressively more foggy and disjointed.  For any wise and honorable man to go out of his way to risk his life,  the fight must be clearly just,  otherwise,  he may feel that his death will serve no purpose.