[BeyGon]

Originally Posted by MrScott

You're a patriotic American.
You enlist because you believe protecting the country should be the duty of every patriotic American.
You're faced with fighting a war you believe is immoral; not necessarily this war but think of one you might object to -- that war.

What is the moral course of action?

You might say suffering the penalties of objection is the right course.
So should we punish those who feel compelled to serve and leave be those with a lesser sense of duty?

Sincerely curious.

It was their CHOICE, there is no DRAFT.
So, you join but get to choose which battle you like, which war you think is the "right one" are you sure about this, this is what you think?
You join and think you will get some college out of it, but then find out that you really might have to use your training, oh my, this isn't the war I want to fight, can I wait for the next one. Oh no, I will just desert. Jail and pay back the military for your wasted training.