"I do not think that anyone of this side of the discussion has ever referred to the troops as being "mindless morons"
It hasn't - that is Terrytoon's interesting take on what has been said.
Men joined up for a whole variety of reasons - because a "short war" was a way out of poverty, for the romance, emotional blackmail, white feathers 0- some because employers threatened them with the sack if they did not.
The main reason was a massive, totally unprecedented campaign of lies and distortion (propaganda) which ran out of steam within 18 months and was replaced by enforced conscription under threat of imprisonment and even death (when Kitchener left office he was demanding that conscientious objectors should be executed).
The "mindless morons" bit is further evidence of the#is jingoist's contempt for the serviceman
Jim Carroll