You're actually a soldier,” he said to me, "and you go along with this foolishness?”
"I didn't ask to be a soldier. And I can't imagine a peace as foolish as this war we're in. (Joe Haldeman)

You're actually a soldier,” he said to me, "and you go along with this foolishness?” "I didn't ask to be a soldier. And I can't imagine a peace as foolish as this war we're in.

Joe Haldeman

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