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I think part of the reason I intentionally left my comment about your service was after seeing how cheered the soldiers were after returning back home, and how people responded with "horaahs" when you told them you were a marine at the joke segment at end. You partly agree with me on this when you said it doesn't guarantee it makes you a hero or anything being promoted in an organization "notorious" for missing with people's lives.

There is nothing more .. just.. than wanting to defend the people you love and care about, but when you look at the harsh reality of things(which is something you make clear in your documentary, and is beautiful), war is simply ugly with no winners.

It's not your fault, and I shouldn't have directed it at you(apologies), but it doesn't feel right cheering a vet for their service, I believe that if people knew more about the unfortunate ugliness of war on both sides they'll just show respect for the struggle of vets rather than "horaah" them. You said it yourself, there is nothing really "clap worthy" about people dying. I feel especially strongly about this because throughout history: the region I live in has been corrupted by civil war, unnecessary war(Iraq), dictatorships, terrorism; so much instability because of greed of countries with bigger power like the United states(Not that it's entirely their fault either). From invasions to funding of the wrong people to supporting dictators. The country I come from has over half the population living under the poverty line. Our soldiers aren't saints or anything, if anything they're corrupt monsters, so many of them(not all).

Of course there is much more nuance to this, but if you'd like to know, I believe if I can bring the injustices to light, people would be able to collectively overthrow the blatant dictatorship in my home country, after they failed(since a new dictator came along) in 2011 during the Arab spring. I also protested with my entire family among over a million others against the dictatorship back then, sadly my brother got shot in his eye. Now our military staged a coup and we see our "leader" shaking hands with Trump. Makes you feel pain you know? To know that your own military literally crushed people under their tanks and that those people died in complete vain, just paving the way for another dictator. Some people say that things like this: https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=215_1377031773 are justified. I wish that, if I can make more people listen, people that died like this wouldn't be for nothing.

Lastly, just wanna say I meant no offense really. I sincerely hope you the best with your game. I think you can truly make a difference.

I remember those parts, and because of the Christmas scene it seemed contradictory to me, I was confused so I asked and now I got it.

I'm not judging you, but it'd be a jump to conclusion to assume that I'm not "doing something" about the things I don't like simply from a reddit post. I don't mean to insult you, that's just my position on wars in general, and I will try to do something about it to the best of my ability.

Look, no hard-feelings. Undermining the struggle you went through or judging you superficially is not my intention, War has affected you and it takes courage to do what you did Tyler.

I'm criticizing the politics of decisions of wars from the government of America that leads to wars like that, that put brave men like you against other brave men, in wars that they shouldn't fight.

It just seemed to me that in the documentary there was more focus on how it affected you than your outlook in general on the other side of the war, is all. Saying I don't like your service is not to say I dislike you, in fact I admire that you, unlike a lot of people, think that other actual human beings are in the same situation as you are, but on the other side.

Again, thanks. The documentary was great.

At Christmas you say you were looking for both Santa and the bad guys, do you really think they're the bad guys?

Thank you for this documentary, but not for your service.