All of the negativity was the making of a certain fellow Texan. He's not here for constructive debate; he's a troll. And the quickest way to kill a troll is to ignore it.
And God bless you for stepping up and defending your country. I wish I could've done the same (I was going to enlist in the Air Force in '93, but was kept out for medical reasons). As long as he've never committed any war crimes, you always have to respect a soldier, even if his government wages wars unjustly.