[Dottore]

I don't know you guys.

If the post is genuine, then Mr. Daily sounds like a high-minded young man whose heart is in the right place.

Sadly, that doesn't make his joining any less misguided and pointless, and his death any more meaningful.

You can dress this up in patriotism and sentimentality, but flags are even cheaper than coffins.

It is a $hite war that you have no business being in - and the fact that this poor schmuck joined in for the wrong reasons doesn't alter that fact one whit.

And the tragedy here will undoubtedly be compounded when some other confused teenager reads a sentimental piece like this and finds in it some deeply flawed reason to enlist.