A Vet asks
"What are you thanking me for? Killing other human beings"?
Pause, Reflect. Think.
Many vets suffer from PTSD. Some turn to drugs or alcohol. Some commit suicide or kill their wives or both
So we know/are told WAR IS HE**.
Unless we've been there we don't know the nature of that HE**.
What do we say instead? I have no idea.