Here's a commentary by Ted Rall.

It made me a little mad. Support these guys. They're doing what they believe is right. It's not like they enjoy it. Read Lt. Smash. He hates being over there. But he believes he's doing it to protect his family and his country.

Even if you disagree with it, thank him. Because if he believe he's protecting your country, he's also protecting you.

And trust me. From what I've seen here lately, there's a lot of people in our country (a couple of people in my workplace) who don't deserve protection.