User blog comment:Alexmason68/The Past/@comment-25285565-20160530041708/@comment-1916935-20160531070513

"The same thing about the Wehrmacht can be applied to that argument as well."
 * I'm confused by what you mean by this.

"There are a lot of reasons why someone would choose to join the military, and them strongly believing in their government's policies is one of them, even if it's a minority train of thought."
 * It's not just a minority train of though, it's a virtually nonexistent train of thought. Even amongst the typically more gung-ho and patriotic officers, very, very, very rarely does anyone join up because they support the nation's policies, and they certainly don't leave the service liking said policies. I mean, if I had a nickel for every time I heard a vet/active duty soldier say they joined up to fight for the Constitution, not the government... Granted this is from a modern and American perspective, so make of that what you will.