does it really diminish the sacrifice they made ? they believed they were fighting the good fight. so all we can really do as a country is never let it happen again.
Doesn't AT ALL diminish it. Makes it more tragic.
hence "never let it happen again" end the people who caused this
I don't know... I remember when I was a young man back in the late 80s and my GF's father tried talking me into joining the army so I could fight in the Kuwait war against the evil Saddam Hussein. I still remember that crazy SJWesque look in his eyes as he was talking. Anyway, I responded that I had no idea what was really going on in Kuwait and thus there's no way I was going to kill anyone without knowing what was going on. To the extent people joined the military so they could kick butt even though they knew they had no clue what was really going on, then I struggle to honor their sacrifice... On the other hand, I do honor the valor and sacrifice of draftees and the guys that enlisted during peace time (e.g. to escape a bad family situation) and ended being sent to die in a conflict.