That's actually the price of warfare. We have a habit of just pretending everyone's being killed and mutilated for freedom because it's a lot more comfortable that way. Makes their sacrifice seem worthwhile and not just a horrifying waste. Maybe in some cases it's even true, but it's not true in general, and I'd even go so far as to say it hasn't been true of the last, say, 60 years of US history.

We should take care of our vets, but we should also stop making so fucking many of them.