CMV: The majority of anti-military sentiments come from traditional anti-social behaviors

I can't count how many times I have seen things like "Thank you for your service...on protecting the interest of the wealthy and large corporations." or "The US military is by far the worlds largest terrorist organization." I will first say that these statements are not wrong. As a combat veteran, I can attest to the fact that a lot of the shit we do, we do for the wrong reasons. However, the people that spout this nonsense seem to have a massive misunderstanding of the way that a lot of enlisted join the military. I know that when I was a teenager I was incredibly anti-social and couldn't function very well. I was also incredibly patriotic which made me join the Navy when I was 17. The fact that my family couldn't afford to send me to college helped a lot with that decision too. I think this sentiment rings true for a lot of veterans who were all just young kids looking to serve their country. The fact that our government consistently sends us to war for the wrong reasons is not our fault. It is the fault of our politicians, not our military. We have no say in where or what we get sent for. I am sick of people who have never served or know anyone who served spouting this crap because they think they know anything about the military. It is your civic duty as an American to be upset at the government for this stuff, not service members. I served this country with pride, and will continue to do so, not because I want to be a terrorist or because I want to die for corporate interests, but because I want to protect our freedom. I want to make sure that you have the freedom to say whatever you want about our government and the military, even if it is negative.<br><br>Edit: Grammar and spelling<br><br>Edit2: I am blown away by the amount of discussion going on here, both positive and negative. I never expected this post to get so many responses, so I thank everyone for engaging. However, I don't have time to answer every single one of you. I have a wife, 2 kids, and a full time job on top of going to college. I will do my best to keep up, but I just don't have enough time to keep up with this thread. Thank all of you again.<br><br>Edit3: For those of you who are telling me how terrible the conditions are in the US compared to other countries, you have 0 idea what you are talking about. I have deployed multiple times, been to multiple countries and have seen how citizens of those countries are treated. I have seen young children die of dehydration in countries that the US has a direct interest in, I have personally been shot at because I was trying to help a 7 year old boy get medical attention, I have seen what a drone strike does to a civilian truck driving down the road. It's not pretty. You have no idea how lucky we are to live in the US, and if you think the living conditions here are bad, you either haven't seen a lot in your life or you have no idea what the meaning of "bad" is.<br><br>Edit4: I am officially calling BS on anyone who says "If you possibly think that your government may be doing something that is bad for its citizens or the rest of the world, you have a moral duty to not join the military." Well, former president of the United States and body builder Arnold Schwarzenegger would beg to differ. "I don't call it vengeance, I call it-poetic justice. And also, you know, people should not forget that when there's a fight like this, you know, and the enemy who started the war, who killed 3,000 innocent people, going back to '93, the first bombing of the World Trade Center, who killed our Embassy people in Africa, who killed the Cole in Yemen, who, you know, you can go on and on, and then to attack us again in our own country, to invade our country, you know, we can't forget that. And we're sending boys out there, and girls, to fight for freedom, to fight for our country, to give their lives, and to defend our Constitution."