Whose Military Is It?

I can understand that Americans see their troop as their heroes, at least their troop rarely turned their guns at their own people (like what troops in many countries did throughout the history). But it's still fair to say that the American military can be wrong, and can do things that are not in the interest of most American people. I'm sympathetic with whoever suffers because of the War, but that does not make every American soldier an hero who can do nothing wrong. For those anti-government conservatives, if they think government is the problem rather than the answer, why should they firmly believe that the military--which follows the order of the government--is always on the right side?

No one will deny that American military had done things to stop crimes against humanity, but it also did many things just for imperialist intention (I will fill in examples here later). Is American imperialism in the interest of most American people? To believe that the military is always on the side of the people, is to conceive a world consisting of competing nation states who are a threat to each other. But what if the people in different countries share common interests, even more common interests than they share with their respective governments?

I think people who are not nationalists--including many soldiers--should only support the troops, whatever country they belong to, that protect the peace rather than start wars. Why do politicians always portrait the military as brave young people who serve the country and protect the citizens. Sometimes it's braver to be against a war than to participate in a war.