For the record, I hate the "thank you for your service", too, but I know folks are just trying to be nice.

I thought we were done with long wars inn foreign countries that we never could win, but stupid lasts longer than memory.

And I thought we (USA) were good, and righteous, and it was OTHER countries that carried out torture and murdering POWs, but I was wrong I don't much like my country now - hopefully not a permanent thing - but Canada is awesome.