[blue, looking quite sad, is sitting in a warzone, in military gear]
War…
War is hell…
[blue is now suffering from PTSD, holding their head in anguish]
War is horrible. I was a soldier. It was by far the most horrifying, most traumatizing part of my life
[green, curious, asks blue a question]
Well then maybe we should stop getting involved in wars?
[blue, furious with rage, aggressively pointing at green]
SHUT UP YOU ANTIPATRIOTIC WOKELING YOU ARE TRYING TO RUIN SOCIETY
That's not true, I'm afraid. Anti-war vets have a tendency to stand out because they are anti-war and because they make for the most effective and threatening anti-war activists (threatening to the status quo, that is). People like Smedley Butler and Scott Camil come to mind.
But let's not fool ourselves... they do not represent the majority of vets. I grew up in a place where war vets were a dime a dozen, and if any of them were anti-war they sure as hell never talked or acted like it.